HAVES is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. HAVES is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept HAVES?
| 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: 37 / 100
Our own measure of how useful HAVES is to know. It scores 11 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HAVES
Front hooks — 1
shavesBack hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How HAVES scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in HAVES, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 1 | 2 |
| a | 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 stands out about HAVES
- 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 HAVES mean in Scrabble?
noun
People who own money and property, used mainly in the phrase the haves and the have-nots.
Haves is almost never used on its own; it lives inside the fixed pairing the haves and the have-nots, which sets those with wealth against those without it. The word turns the verb have into a plural noun naming a whole group of people, not just a plural of the act of having. It appears mostly in commentary on inequality and social class.
How HAVES is used
Chiefly used inside the set phrase the haves and the have-nots, rarely alone.
- The article split the town into the haves and the have-nots.
- She argued that the haves rarely notice the gap they benefit from.
- Tax policy debates often frame the question as haves against have-nots.
- The haves in that neighborhood sent their children to private schools.
- His speech asked whether the haves owed anything to the rest.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HAVES and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of HAVES
The 5 tiles of HAVES in a different order — 2 found.
Words ending in HAVES
7 words end in HAVES. Useful as a back hook: play HAVES onto a word already on the board.
Shorter words from the letters in HAVES
Common questions about HAVES
- Is HAVES valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts HAVES, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is HAVES worth?
- HAVES is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HAVES mean?
- People who own money and property, used mainly in the phrase the haves and the have-nots.
- What letters can be added to HAVES?
- HAVES takes 1 hook: 1 in front and 0 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of HAVES:
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