KIEV is valid in Collins, not in North America — 11 points
It depends on the list you play by. KIEV 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 KIEV?
| 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: 45 / 100
Our own measure of how useful KIEV is to know. It scores 11 from 4 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for KIEV
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How KIEV scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in KIEV, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| k | 1 | 1 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| v | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 18,154.
What does KIEV mean in Scrabble?
noun
A chicken breast rolled around garlic butter, crumbed and fried.
The dish is named after a city it probably did not come from, and the argument about that is older than most of the recipes. What makes a kiev a kiev is the seal: everything inside has to stay inside until the fork goes in, and the moment the seal fails is the reason the dish became a byword for freezer food in Britain.
How KIEV is used
Countable: a kiev, two kievs. Written with a small letter when it means the food.
- He burnt the kiev and the butter went everywhere.
- Two kievs and a bag of chips fed the whole evening.
- A kiev is judged on whether it holds together.
- The freezer had nothing in it but a single kiev.
- She makes a kiev from scratch and refuses to buy them.
- The kiev split on the way out of the pan.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of KIEV and 6 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with KIEV
3 longer words begin with KIEV.
Words with KIEV inside
1 words contain KIEV in the middle. Words that start with KIEV are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in KIEV
Common questions about KIEV
- Is KIEV valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and KIEV is not in it.
- How many points is KIEV worth?
- KIEV is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does KIEV mean?
- A chicken breast rolled around garlic butter, crumbed and fried.
- What letters can be added to KIEV?
- KIEV takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of KIEV:
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