KNAVE is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. KNAVE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept KNAVE?
| 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: 39 / 100
Our own measure of how useful KNAVE is to know. It scores 12 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for KNAVE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
knavesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How KNAVE scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in KNAVE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| k | 1 | 1 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| v | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 58,092.
What does KNAVE mean in Scrabble?
noun
archaicliterary
A dishonest or unscrupulous man; a rogue or scoundrel.
The word knave once simply meant a boy or male servant, and it slowly shifted over centuries to describe a man who behaves dishonestly or without principle. Writers of an earlier period used knave freely as an insult for cheats, tricksters and disloyal servants, and the word still carries that flavour of old-fashioned condemnation. In a standard deck of playing cards, the knave names the card that many players now know as the jack, and this card-game use has lasted longer in Britain than the general insult has. Modern speech rarely calls anyone a knave outside jokes, historical fiction or card-game terminology.
How KNAVE is used
Archaic and literary as a term of moral condemnation; the card-game sense (equivalent to the jack) remains in wider British use.
- The play brands the scheming steward a knave and a liar.
- He was called a knave for cheating his own business partner.
- In the old card set, the knave of hearts stared up from the table.
- The ballad warns young men not to trust a smiling knave.
- She read the word knave and had to check what it meant.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of KNAVE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with KNAVE
5 longer words begin with KNAVE.
Words ending in KNAVE
1 words end in KNAVE. Useful as a back hook: play KNAVE onto a word already on the board.
Words with KNAVE inside
2 words contain KNAVE in the middle. Words that start with KNAVE are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in KNAVE
Common questions about KNAVE
- Is KNAVE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts KNAVE, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is KNAVE worth?
- KNAVE is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does KNAVE mean?
- A dishonest or unscrupulous man; a rogue or scoundrel.
- What letters can be added to KNAVE?
- KNAVE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of KNAVE:
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