STARVE is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. STARVE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept STARVE?
| 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: 39 / 100
Our own measure of how useful STARVE is to know. It scores 9 from 6 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 6.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for STARVE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How STARVE scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in STARVE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| v | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 38,325.
What stands out about STARVE
- The same 6 tiles also spell 4 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 STARVE mean in Scrabble?
verb
To suffer badly or die from lack of food, or to cause someone to do so.
To starve is to go without the food a body needs, and it can describe a slow death as well as plain, strong hunger. People also use it loosely, so that someone who says they are starving at lunchtime means only that they are very hungry. The word reaches further than food, since a business can be starved of money or a plant starved of light.
How STARVE is used
Literal in news about famine; informal and exaggerated in everyday talk about hunger.
- Without rain the crops failed and the villagers began to starve.
- I could starve before this meeting ever ends.
- The siege was meant to starve the town into surrender.
- Do not starve the fire of air or it will go out.
- Cutting the budget would starve the project of the money it needs.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of STARVE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of STARVE
The 6 tiles of STARVE in a different order — 4 found.
Words starting with STARVE
6 longer words begin with STARVE.
Shorter words from the letters in STARVE
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Common questions about STARVE
- Is STARVE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts STARVE, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is STARVE worth?
- STARVE is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does STARVE mean?
- To suffer badly or die from lack of food, or to cause someone to do so.
- What letters can be added to STARVE?
- STARVE takes 3 hooks: 0 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of STARVE:
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