DROVE is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. DROVE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept DROVE?
| 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: 41 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DROVE is to know. It scores 9 from 5 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 6.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DROVE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How DROVE scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in DROVE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 1 | 4 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| v | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 16,338.
What stands out about DROVE
- The same 5 tiles also spell 2 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 DROVE mean in Scrabble?
noun
A herd of animals, especially cattle or sheep, moved or driven together as a group, or, more broadly, a large moving crowd of people.
Farmers once moved a drove of cattle along dedicated droving roads over long distances to reach distant markets before railways made the practice largely unnecessary. The word later widened to describe crowds of people moving in large numbers, as when visitors arrive at an event in droves. This noun sense is distinct from drove used as the simple past tense of the verb drive.
How DROVE is used
Common in the phrase in droves, describing large numbers of people arriving or leaving together.
- A drove of cattle blocked the narrow country lane for an hour.
- Tourists arrived in droves once the festival was announced.
- The shepherd guided a drove of sheep down from the hills.
- Fans left the stadium in droves before the final whistle blew.
- An old drove once carried livestock across this very field.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DROVE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of DROVE
The 5 tiles of DROVE in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with DROVE
4 longer words begin with DROVE.
Words ending in DROVE
5 words end in DROVE. Useful as a back hook: play DROVE onto a word already on the board.
Shorter words from the letters in DROVE
Common questions about DROVE
- Is DROVE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DROVE, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DROVE worth?
- DROVE is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DROVE mean?
- A herd of animals, especially cattle or sheep, moved or driven together as a group, or, more broadly, a large moving crowd of people.
- What letters can be added to DROVE?
- DROVE takes 3 hooks: 0 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of DROVE:
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