STEEVE is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. STEEVE 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 STEEVE?
| 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: 43 / 100
Our own measure of how useful STEEVE is to know. It scores 9 from 6 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 8.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for STEEVE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How STEEVE scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in STEEVE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| e | 3 | 12 |
| v | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 112,884.
What does STEEVE mean in Scrabble?
verb
nautical
To pack cargo tightly into a ship's hold, or to set a bowsprit at an upward angle.
Steeve is a sailor's word with two linked uses. Dock workers once used a long pole with a pulley at one end, itself named a steeve, to force bales of cotton and similar goods into the hold so none of the space was wasted. On a sailing ship the same word describes the upward slope at which the bowsprit points above the water. A person who did this stowing work was a stevedore.
How STEEVE is used
Nautical and now rare; you meet it mainly in older writing about ships and docks.
- The crew had to steeve the last bales of cotton into the hold.
- They would steeve the bowsprit a little higher to meet the swell.
- It took four men and a long pole to steeve each bale in place.
- The mate told them to steeve the cargo tight so it could not shift.
- Sailors would steeve the load until not a gap remained.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of STEEVE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of STEEVE
The 6 tiles of STEEVE in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with STEEVE
5 longer words begin with STEEVE.
Shorter words from the letters in STEEVE
Common questions about STEEVE
- Is STEEVE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts STEEVE, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is STEEVE worth?
- STEEVE is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does STEEVE mean?
- To pack cargo tightly into a ship's hold, or to set a bowsprit at an upward angle.
- What letters can be added to STEEVE?
- STEEVE takes 3 hooks: 0 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of STEEVE:
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