SLAVE is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. SLAVE 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 SLAVE?
| 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 SLAVE is to know. It scores 8 from 5 tiles, takes 4 hooks, and its letters make up 6.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SLAVE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SLAVE scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in SLAVE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| v | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 21,785.
What stands out about SLAVE
- 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 SLAVE mean in Scrabble?
noun
A person who is legally owned by another person and forced to work without freedom or pay.
Historically, a slave had no legal right to their own body, labour, or family life, and could be bought, sold, or inherited like property. The word remains central to the history of forced labour across many societies, including the transatlantic slave trade that shaped much of the modern world. Beyond its historical and legal sense, slave is used figuratively for someone strongly controlled by a habit, feeling, or system, as in a slave to fashion or a slave to routine. In technology, the same word labels a device or component, called a slave device, that is directly controlled by another.
How SLAVE is used
Historical and legal noun for a person owned as property, also used figuratively for someone dominated by a habit or influence.
- The museum exhibit described the daily life of a slave on the plantation.
- He joked that he had become a slave to his phone.
- Historians studied letters written by a former slave after emancipation.
- The old law once treated a slave as property rather than a person.
- She felt like a slave to the demanding schedule.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SLAVE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of SLAVE
The 5 tiles of SLAVE in a different order — 8 found.
Words starting with SLAVE
18 longer words begin with SLAVE.
Words ending in SLAVE
4 words end in SLAVE. Useful as a back hook: play SLAVE onto a word already on the board.
Words with SLAVE inside
20 words contain SLAVE in the middle. Words that start with SLAVE are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in SLAVE
Showing 40 of 43. See all in the Word Finder
Common questions about SLAVE
- Is SLAVE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SLAVE, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SLAVE worth?
- SLAVE is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SLAVE mean?
- A person who is legally owned by another person and forced to work without freedom or pay.
- What letters can be added to SLAVE?
- SLAVE takes 4 hooks: 0 in front and 4 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of SLAVE:
Open SLAVE in the Word Finder