DIVE is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. DIVE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept DIVE?
| 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: 47 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DIVE is to know. It scores 8 from 4 tiles, takes 4 hooks, and its letters make up 6.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DIVE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How DIVE scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in DIVE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| v | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 4,538.
What stands out about DIVE
- The same 4 tiles also spell 3 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does DIVE mean in Scrabble?
verb
To plunge headfirst into water.
Dive has two past tenses in American English and only one in British, which is unusual: the irregular form there is a later invention rather than an inherited survival. A dive meaning a shabby bar is separate.
How DIVE is used
Dived; American English also uses dove.
- They dived from the rocks and nobody was hurt.
- The word dive has two past tenses in America.
- A dive in the other sense is a shabby bar.
- The irregular past of dive was invented later.
- Two dives from the same board look quite different.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DIVE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of DIVE
The 4 tiles of DIVE in a different order — 3 found.
Words starting with DIVE
Showing 24 of 95 words that begin with DIVE.
Words ending in DIVE
9 words end in DIVE. Useful as a back hook: play DIVE onto a word already on the board.
Words with DIVE inside
Showing 24 of 34 words that contain DIVE somewhere in the middle. Words that start with DIVE are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in DIVE
Common questions about DIVE
- Is DIVE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DIVE, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DIVE worth?
- DIVE is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DIVE mean?
- To plunge headfirst into water.
- What letters can be added to DIVE?
- DIVE takes 4 hooks: 0 in front and 4 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of DIVE:
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