FIVE is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. FIVE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept FIVE?
| 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: 44 / 100
Our own measure of how useful FIVE is to know. It scores 10 from 4 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for FIVE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How FIVE scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in FIVE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| f | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| v | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 9,077.
What does FIVE mean in Scrabble?
noun
The number that comes after four.
Five is one of the numbers whose form is nearly identical across the Indo-European languages, which is part of how the family was recognised. Taking the fifth in America is named after a constitutional amendment.
How FIVE is used
Number and noun: a five, two fives.
- Five of them arrived and three had been expected.
- The word five is nearly the same across Europe.
- The phrase about taking the fifth counts from one to five.
- Two fives make a ten in every currency.
- Number words like five revealed the language family.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of FIVE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with FIVE
11 longer words begin with FIVE.
Words ending in FIVE
1 words end in FIVE. Useful as a back hook: play FIVE onto a word already on the board.
Words with FIVE inside
1 words contain FIVE in the middle. Words that start with FIVE are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in FIVE
Common questions about FIVE
- Is FIVE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts FIVE, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is FIVE worth?
- FIVE is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does FIVE mean?
- The number that comes after four.
- What letters can be added to FIVE?
- FIVE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of FIVE:
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