NOSEDIVE is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. NOSEDIVE 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 NOSEDIVE?
| 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: 47 / 100
Our own measure of how useful NOSEDIVE is to know. It scores 12 from 8 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 7.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for NOSEDIVE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How NOSEDIVE scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in NOSEDIVE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| n | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| v | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so NOSEDIVE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does NOSEDIVE mean in Scrabble?
noun
A steep plunge of an aircraft with its nose pointing down, or any sudden sharp fall.
Pilots first used nosedive for a dangerous dive, but business writers borrowed it for sudden collapses in prices, sales or popularity. The verb form is just as common as the noun.
How NOSEDIVE is used
Nosedive is common in news about markets, polls and reputations, and in flying accounts.
- The plane went into a nosedive before the pilot recovered.
- Share prices took a nosedive after the announcement.
- His popularity went into a nosedive after the scandal.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of NOSEDIVE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with NOSEDIVE
2 longer words begin with NOSEDIVE.
Shorter words from the letters in NOSEDIVE
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Common questions about NOSEDIVE
- Is NOSEDIVE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts NOSEDIVE, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is NOSEDIVE worth?
- NOSEDIVE is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does NOSEDIVE mean?
- A steep plunge of an aircraft with its nose pointing down, or any sudden sharp fall.
- What letters can be added to NOSEDIVE?
- NOSEDIVE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of NOSEDIVE:
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