VIVE is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. VIVE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept VIVE?
| 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: 44 / 100
Our own measure of how useful VIVE is to know. It scores 10 from 4 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for VIVE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How VIVE scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in VIVE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| v | 2 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 36,308.
What does VIVE mean in Scrabble?
interjection
Long live — in French exclamations.
Vive appears in English only inside borrowed phrases, and it is a verb form rather than a noun. English has no equivalent construction and translates it as a wish rather than as a statement.
How VIVE is used
Before a noun, in borrowed French phrases.
- The word vive is a verb form and not a noun.
- English uses vive only inside borrowed phrases.
- A crowd shouting vive is quoting French.
- Vive translates as a wish and not a statement.
- Nothing in English works quite the way vive does.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of VIVE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with VIVE
14 longer words begin with VIVE.
Words ending in VIVE
3 words end in VIVE. Useful as a back hook: play VIVE onto a word already on the board.
Words with VIVE inside
17 words contain VIVE in the middle. Words that start with VIVE are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in VIVE
Common questions about VIVE
- Is VIVE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts VIVE, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is VIVE worth?
- VIVE is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does VIVE mean?
- Long live — in French exclamations.
- What letters can be added to VIVE?
- VIVE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of VIVE:
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