NIEVE is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. NIEVE 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 NIEVE?
| 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: 37 / 100
Our own measure of how useful NIEVE is to know. It scores 8 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 8.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for NIEVE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
nievesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How NIEVE scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in NIEVE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| n | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| v | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 10,562.
What stands out about NIEVE
- 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 NIEVE mean in Scrabble?
noun
archaicScotsdialect
The fist or clenched hand; an archaic and Scots dialect word.
Nieve traces back to an Old Norse word for the fist and lived on in Scots and northern English dialect long after standard English kept only the modern term. Older ballads, folk tales, and dialect poetry picture someone shaking a nieve in anger or gripping something tightly within its grasp. The word still turns up in Scots writing, most often in scenes of a nieve raised in defiance or brought down hard on a table. Outside Scotland and dialect literature today it reads as distinctly old-fashioned, a trace of speech once common much further south.
How NIEVE is used
Archaic and regional; standard English speakers today would simply say fist.
- He shook his nieve at the departing cart.
- Her small nieve gripped the coin tightly.
- The old ballad described a nieve raised in defiance.
- He clenched his nieve until the knuckles went white.
- The wrestler's nieve landed with surprising force.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of NIEVE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of NIEVE
The 5 tiles of NIEVE in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with NIEVE
3 longer words begin with NIEVE.
Shorter words from the letters in NIEVE
Common questions about NIEVE
- Is NIEVE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts NIEVE, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is NIEVE worth?
- NIEVE is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does NIEVE mean?
- The fist or clenched hand; an archaic and Scots dialect word.
- What letters can be added to NIEVE?
- NIEVE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of NIEVE:
Open NIEVE in the Word Finder