HIVER is valid in Collins, not in North America — 11 points
It depends on the list you play by. HIVER is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 11 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept HIVER?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Not listed |
Word power: 41 / 100
Our own measure of how useful HIVER is to know. It scores 11 from 5 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HIVER
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How HIVER scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in HIVER, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| v | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 29,046.
What does HIVER mean in Scrabble?
noun
rarehistorical
A person who keeps beehives or gathers bees into a hive.
Hiver names the beekeeper's specific task of collecting a swarm and settling it into a hive, built from the verb to hive, meaning to place bees in a hive. The word sits alongside beekeeper and apiarist as another term for someone who works with bees.
How HIVER is used
Rare, used mainly in older or specialist writing about beekeeping.
- The hiver moved carefully among the buzzing swarm.
- A skilled hiver can coax a swarm into a new box within minutes.
- Her grandfather worked as a hiver on the estate for decades.
- The hiver wore thick gloves before opening the hive.
- Local hivers met each spring to trade advice on swarming season.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HIVER and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with HIVER
1 longer words begin with HIVER.
Words ending in HIVER
4 words end in HIVER. Useful as a back hook: play HIVER onto a word already on the board.
Words with HIVER inside
16 words contain HIVER in the middle. Words that start with HIVER are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in HIVER
Common questions about HIVER
- Is HIVER valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and HIVER is not in it.
- How many points is HIVER worth?
- HIVER is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HIVER mean?
- A person who keeps beehives or gathers bees into a hive.
- What letters can be added to HIVER?
- HIVER takes 2 hooks: 1 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of HIVER:
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