HIVES is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. HIVES 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 HIVES?
| 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: 40 / 100
Our own measure of how useful HIVES is to know. It scores 11 from 5 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HIVES
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How HIVES scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in HIVES, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 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 HIVES mean in Scrabble?
noun
medical
An itchy skin condition, known in medicine as urticaria, that raises red or pale welts on the skin.
Hives appear when the skin reacts to something such as food, medicine, heat or stress, releasing histamine that causes swelling and intense itching in raised patches. The welts can shift location within hours and usually fade on their own, though severe cases are treated with antihistamines. This medical sense is separate from hives as containers kept by beekeepers for their colonies.
How HIVES is used
Common medical term, used both by doctors and in everyday talk about allergic reactions.
- The child broke out in hives after eating shellfish.
- Stress alone can trigger a bout of hives in some people.
- The doctor prescribed an antihistamine to calm the hives.
- Red, itchy hives spread across her arms within minutes.
- He noticed the hives fading before the doctor even called back.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HIVES and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of HIVES
The 5 tiles of HIVES in a different order — 1 found.
Words ending in HIVES
6 words end in HIVES. Useful as a back hook: play HIVES onto a word already on the board.
Shorter words from the letters in HIVES
Common questions about HIVES
- Is HIVES valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts HIVES, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is HIVES worth?
- HIVES is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HIVES mean?
- An itchy skin condition, known in medicine as urticaria, that raises red or pale welts on the skin.
- What letters can be added to HIVES?
- HIVES takes 2 hooks: 2 in front and 0 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of HIVES:
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