SCRIEVE is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. SCRIEVE 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 SCRIEVE?
| 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: 58 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SCRIEVE is to know. It scores 12 from 7 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SCRIEVE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SCRIEVE scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in SCRIEVE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| v | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 280,716.
What does SCRIEVE mean in Scrabble?
verb
Scots
To glide or move swiftly and smoothly along.
In Scots speech a skater or a bird might scrieve across the surface. The word can also mean to write, although that sense is less usual.
How SCRIEVE is used
The word scrieve is Scots and rare outside dialect writing.
- The skaters scrieve over the frozen loch.
- A gull seemed to scrieve above the waves.
- They watched the sled scrieve down the hill.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SCRIEVE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of SCRIEVE
The 7 tiles of SCRIEVE in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with SCRIEVE
4 longer words begin with SCRIEVE.
Shorter words from the letters in SCRIEVE
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Common questions about SCRIEVE
- Is SCRIEVE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SCRIEVE, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SCRIEVE worth?
- SCRIEVE is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SCRIEVE mean?
- To glide or move swiftly and smoothly along.
- What letters can be added to SCRIEVE?
- SCRIEVE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of SCRIEVE:
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