SLEAVE is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. SLEAVE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SLEAVE?
| 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: 37 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SLEAVE is to know. It scores 9 from 6 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 7.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SLEAVE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SLEAVE scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in SLEAVE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| v | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 62,713.
What stands out about SLEAVE
- 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 SLEAVE mean in Scrabble?
verb
technical
To separate a tangled or twisted thread into fine strands.
Sleave comes from the weaving trade, where a worker had to pick apart knotted silk or untwist a skein into its separate filaments before the thread could be used. The same word names the result: the loose, raveled silk itself, often called sleave silk. It is a close cousin of sley, the process of threading a loom, and only the spelling keeps it apart from the garment word sleeve.
How SLEAVE is used
Technical and old-fashioned; belongs to silk and weaving vocabulary.
- The weaver sat down to sleave the knotted skein.
- You must sleave the silk gently or it will snap.
- Workers would sleave each thread before it reached the loom.
- She learned to sleave floss into strands thinner than a hair.
- To sleave raw silk takes patience and clean fingers.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SLEAVE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of SLEAVE
The 6 tiles of SLEAVE in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with SLEAVE
2 longer words begin with SLEAVE.
Shorter words from the letters in SLEAVE
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Common questions about SLEAVE
- Is SLEAVE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SLEAVE, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SLEAVE worth?
- SLEAVE is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SLEAVE mean?
- To separate a tangled or twisted thread into fine strands.
- What letters can be added to SLEAVE?
- SLEAVE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of SLEAVE:
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