FIVES is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. FIVES is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept FIVES?
| 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: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful FIVES is to know. It scores 11 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for FIVES
No single letter turns FIVES into another word.
How FIVES scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in FIVES, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| f | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| v | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 43,569.
What does FIVES mean in Scrabble?
noun
British
A British ball game in which players strike the ball with a gloved hand against the walls of a court.
Fives is played in a walled court somewhat like squash, but the players use a gloved hand instead of a racket to hit the ball. The game has several regional variants, including Eton fives and Rugby fives, each named for the English school where its own rules developed. Though never as widely played as squash or tennis, fives is still kept alive in some British schools and clubs.
How FIVES is used
Chiefly British; the term names a specific traditional hand-and-wall ball game.
- The school still has a fives court behind the old chapel.
- He learned to play fives with a thick leather glove.
- Eton fives and Rugby fives use slightly different courts.
- Their team practised fives twice a week before the tournament.
- Few outside Britain have ever heard of fives as a sport.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of FIVES and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words ending in FIVES
1 words end in FIVES. Useful as a back hook: play FIVES onto a word already on the board.
Shorter words from the letters in FIVES
Common questions about FIVES
- Is FIVES valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts FIVES, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is FIVES worth?
- FIVES is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does FIVES mean?
- A British ball game in which players strike the ball with a gloved hand against the walls of a court.
- What letters can be added to FIVES?
- No single letter can be added to FIVES to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of FIVES:
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