CHIVE is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. CHIVE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CHIVE?
| 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: 43 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CHIVE is to know. It scores 13 from 5 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 5.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CHIVE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CHIVE scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in CHIVE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| v | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 87,138.
What does CHIVE mean in Scrabble?
noun
botany
A small perennial plant of the onion family whose thin, hollow leaves are used as a mild-flavoured herb in cooking.
Chive plants grow in clumps of narrow, grass-like leaves that are snipped fresh and sprinkled over dishes such as baked potatoes, soups, and omelettes for a light onion flavour without overpowering other ingredients. The plant also produces small purple flower heads, which are sometimes used decoratively or even eaten in salads. Chive is among the easiest herbs to grow in a home garden or a windowsill pot, since it tolerates a range of soils and regrows quickly after cutting. Botanically related to onions, garlic, and leeks, chive is the mildest member of that family commonly used in the kitchen.
How CHIVE is used
Most often encountered in the plural chives when referring to the cooking herb, though chive is standard as the singular headword.
- She sprinkled chopped chive over the baked potato.
- A small pot of chive grew on the kitchen windowsill.
- The soup was garnished with a scattering of fresh chive.
- He snipped some chive from the garden for the omelette.
- Chive flowers add a mild onion taste to a green salad.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CHIVE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with CHIVE
2 longer words begin with CHIVE.
Words ending in CHIVE
1 words end in CHIVE. Useful as a back hook: play CHIVE onto a word already on the board.
Words with CHIVE inside
2 words contain CHIVE in the middle. Words that start with CHIVE are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in CHIVE
Common questions about CHIVE
- Is CHIVE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CHIVE, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CHIVE worth?
- CHIVE is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CHIVE mean?
- A small perennial plant of the onion family whose thin, hollow leaves are used as a mild-flavoured herb in cooking.
- What letters can be added to CHIVE?
- CHIVE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of CHIVE:
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