LIEVE is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. LIEVE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept LIEVE?
| 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: 43 / 100
Our own measure of how useful LIEVE is to know. It scores 8 from 5 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 7.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for LIEVE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How LIEVE scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in LIEVE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| l | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| v | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 15,843.
What does LIEVE mean in Scrabble?
adverb
archaic
Gladly or willingly, especially in the phrase would as lieve, meaning to be just as willing to do one thing as another.
Lieve is an old spelling of lief, used mainly in the set expression I would as lieve, where a speaker weighs one choice against another and shows no strong preference either way. The word has almost disappeared from ordinary modern speech and now shows up chiefly in older literature or writing that deliberately imitates it. It is unrelated to the adjective level or to leave despite the similar spelling.
How LIEVE is used
Archaic adverb, found almost only in the fixed phrase would as lieve; rare outside older texts.
- I would as lieve walk as wait for the bus.
- He said he would as lieve stay home tonight.
- She would as lieve lose the game as cheat to win it.
- I would as lieve go now than tomorrow, the old letter reads.
- They would as lieve eat bread alone as beg for more.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of LIEVE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with LIEVE
3 longer words begin with LIEVE.
Words ending in LIEVE
6 words end in LIEVE. Useful as a back hook: play LIEVE onto a word already on the board.
Words with LIEVE inside
Showing 24 of 26 words that contain LIEVE somewhere in the middle. Words that start with LIEVE are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in LIEVE
Common questions about LIEVE
- Is LIEVE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts LIEVE, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is LIEVE worth?
- LIEVE is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does LIEVE mean?
- Gladly or willingly, especially in the phrase would as lieve, meaning to be just as willing to do one thing as another.
- What letters can be added to LIEVE?
- LIEVE takes 3 hooks: 1 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of LIEVE:
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