SHRIVE is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. SHRIVE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SHRIVE?
| 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: 48 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SHRIVE is to know. It scores 12 from 6 tiles, takes 5 hooks, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SHRIVE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SHRIVE scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in SHRIVE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| v | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 114,974.
What stands out about SHRIVE
- The same 6 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 SHRIVE mean in Scrabble?
verb
archaic
To hear the confession of a repentant person and grant forgiveness, as a priest does.
Shrive belongs to the language of medieval church life, where a priest would listen to a sinner, set a penance and pronounce absolution. The verb can also be used reflexively, meaning that a person went to a priest to confess. Its old past forms are shrove and shriven, and the second still turns up in poetic writing. Today the word is found chiefly in historical novels, hymns and literary quotations.
How SHRIVE is used
Archaic and literary; the past tense is shrove and the participle shriven.
- The friar came at dawn to shrive the prisoner.
- Pilgrims travelled far to shrive themselves at the shrine.
- No priest was near enough to shrive the wounded knight.
- The old verse asks who will shrive a troubled heart.
- He knelt, hoping the abbot would shrive him before the battle.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SHRIVE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of SHRIVE
The 6 tiles of SHRIVE in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with SHRIVE
11 longer words begin with SHRIVE.
Shorter words from the letters in SHRIVE
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Common questions about SHRIVE
- Is SHRIVE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SHRIVE, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SHRIVE worth?
- SHRIVE is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SHRIVE mean?
- To hear the confession of a repentant person and grant forgiveness, as a priest does.
- What letters can be added to SHRIVE?
- SHRIVE takes 5 hooks: 0 in front and 5 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of SHRIVE:
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