SHIV is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. SHIV is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SHIV?
| 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: 42 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SHIV is to know. It scores 10 from 4 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 4.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SHIV
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SHIV scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in SHIV, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| v | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 27,231.
What does SHIV mean in Scrabble?
noun
slang
An improvised knife.
Shiv came from a Romani word for a blade and reached English through criminal slang. It is spelled several ways, and this one is much the commonest in print.
How SHIV is used
Countable: a shiv, two shivs. Slang.
- A shiv is made from whatever is available.
- The word shiv came from Romani.
- Several spellings exist and shiv is the commonest.
- Two shivs found in the same search.
- A shiv is improvised and a knife is not.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SHIV and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with SHIV
Showing 24 of 28 words that begin with SHIV.
Words with SHIV inside
15 words contain SHIV in the middle. Words that start with SHIV are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in SHIV
Common questions about SHIV
- Is SHIV valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SHIV, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SHIV worth?
- SHIV is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SHIV mean?
- An improvised knife.
- What letters can be added to SHIV?
- SHIV takes 3 hooks: 0 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of SHIV:
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