SALVE is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. SALVE 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 SALVE?
| 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 SALVE is to know. It scores 8 from 5 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 6.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SALVE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SALVE scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in SALVE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| v | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 21,785.
What stands out about SALVE
- The same 5 tiles also spell 8 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 SALVE mean in Scrabble?
noun
A soothing ointment or cream applied to the skin to heal or ease a wound, burn, or irritation.
A salve is spread rather than poured, thick enough to sit on broken or sore skin and protect it while it heals. Herbalists have long made salves from beeswax and plant oils, and modern pharmacies still sell medicated salves for burns, cuts, and chapped skin. The same word works as a verb in a figurative sense, to salve one's conscience, meaning to ease a feeling of guilt rather than to heal a physical wound.
How SALVE is used
Chiefly a noun for a healing ointment; also used as a verb meaning to soothe or ease, often figuratively.
- She rubbed salve into the burn on her hand.
- The hiker packed a small tin of salve for blisters.
- A homemade salve of herbs and beeswax eased the rash.
- He kept the salve in the medicine cabinet beside the bandages.
- The nurse applied salve to the cut before wrapping it.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SALVE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of SALVE
The 5 tiles of SALVE in a different order — 8 found.
Words starting with SALVE
7 longer words begin with SALVE.
Words ending in SALVE
1 words end in SALVE. Useful as a back hook: play SALVE onto a word already on the board.
Words with SALVE inside
3 words contain SALVE in the middle. Words that start with SALVE are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in SALVE
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Common questions about SALVE
- Is SALVE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SALVE, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SALVE worth?
- SALVE is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SALVE mean?
- A soothing ointment or cream applied to the skin to heal or ease a wound, burn, or irritation.
- What letters can be added to SALVE?
- SALVE takes 3 hooks: 0 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of SALVE:
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