NAIVE is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. NAIVE 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 NAIVE?
| 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 NAIVE is to know. It scores 8 from 5 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 7.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for NAIVE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How NAIVE scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in NAIVE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| n | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| v | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 6,455.
What stands out about NAIVE
- The same 5 tiles also spell 2 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does NAIVE mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Showing a lack of experience, worldly wisdom, or critical judgement; too ready to trust, believe, or expect the best without questioning.
A naive person takes claims at face value and expects the world to behave as simply and fairly as they imagine it should, a trusting quality that can look endearing in a child and troubling in an adult making important decisions. The word often carries a gentle criticism, suggesting that someone has overlooked an obvious risk, deception, or complication that more experienced people would have anticipated. Art critics also use naive in a more neutral, technical sense to describe work by self-taught painters whose style deliberately or unavoidably ignores the rules of formal artistic training, prized precisely for its untrained freshness. The word came into English from French, where it still carries the same root sense of natural and unaffected.
How NAIVE is used
Very common in everyday speech and writing, usually mildly critical of someone's untested trust or lack of worldly experience.
- It was naive of him to trust a stranger with his savings.
- The critics praised the artist's naive, untrained style.
- She gave a naive account of how easy the plan would be.
- His naive optimism ignored every warning sign.
- They were young and naive when they first moved to the city.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of NAIVE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of NAIVE
The 5 tiles of NAIVE in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with NAIVE
10 longer words begin with NAIVE.
Shorter words from the letters in NAIVE
Common questions about NAIVE
- Is NAIVE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts NAIVE, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is NAIVE worth?
- NAIVE is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does NAIVE mean?
- Showing a lack of experience, worldly wisdom, or critical judgement; too ready to trust, believe, or expect the best without questioning.
- What letters can be added to NAIVE?
- NAIVE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of NAIVE:
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