DELVE is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. DELVE 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 DELVE?
| 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: 42 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DELVE is to know. It scores 9 from 5 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 6.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DELVE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How DELVE scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in DELVE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 1 | 4 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| v | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 35,648.
What does DELVE mean in Scrabble?
verb
To search or dig into something thoroughly, especially in order to find information or understand a subject in depth.
People delve into old records, a subject, or their memory when they search carefully and persistently for details that are not immediately obvious, much like digging beneath a surface. The word originally described literal digging with a spade, and that older sense survives in poetic or historical writing about turning over soil. Today the figurative meaning, of researching or investigating deeply, is by far the more common use in everyday and academic writing.
How DELVE is used
Often followed by into, as in delve into the archives; the older literal sense of digging is now rare.
- The historian decided to delve into the town's forgotten records.
- She had to delve deep into her memory to recall the address.
- The documentary delves into the causes of the financial crisis.
- He delved through box after box of old letters.
- Students are encouraged to delve beyond the textbook for their essays.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DELVE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of DELVE
The 5 tiles of DELVE in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with DELVE
4 longer words begin with DELVE.
Shorter words from the letters in DELVE
Common questions about DELVE
- Is DELVE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DELVE, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DELVE worth?
- DELVE is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DELVE mean?
- To search or dig into something thoroughly, especially in order to find information or understand a subject in depth.
- What letters can be added to DELVE?
- DELVE takes 3 hooks: 0 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of DELVE:
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