CAVE is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. CAVE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CAVE?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 48 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CAVE is to know. It scores 9 from 4 tiles, takes 4 hooks, and its letters make up 6.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CAVE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CAVE scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in CAVE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| v | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 9,077.
What does CAVE mean in Scrabble?
noun
A large natural underground chamber.
Cave in, meaning to collapse, is probably from a dialect word unrelated to the noun. The schoolboy warning cry spelled the same way is Latin and is pronounced with two syllables.
How CAVE is used
Countable. Also a verb: caved, caves.
- A cave keeps the same temperature all year.
- The word cave in the sense of collapsing is probably separate.
- The roof caved and nobody was under it.
- A warning cry spelled cave is Latin and has two syllables.
- Two caves connected by a passage nobody has measured.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CAVE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with CAVE
Showing 24 of 35 words that begin with CAVE.
Words ending in CAVE
4 words end in CAVE. Useful as a back hook: play CAVE onto a word already on the board.
Words with CAVE inside
22 words contain CAVE in the middle. Words that start with CAVE are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in CAVE
Common questions about CAVE
- Is CAVE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CAVE, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CAVE worth?
- CAVE is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CAVE mean?
- A large natural underground chamber.
- What letters can be added to CAVE?
- CAVE takes 4 hooks: 0 in front and 4 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of CAVE:
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