VIVES is valid in Collins, not in North America — 11 points
It depends on the list you play by. VIVES is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 11 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept VIVES?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Not listed |
Word power: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful VIVES is to know. It scores 11 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for VIVES
No single letter turns VIVES into another word.
How VIVES scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in VIVES, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| v | 2 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 174,277.
What does VIVES mean in Scrabble?
noun
archaichistorical
A disease of horses that swells the glands beneath the ear.
Vives named a swelling under a horse's jaw that could break open and suppurate, and old farriery manuals treat it as a serious ailment needing attention. The word has no everyday singular in current use and belongs to older veterinary vocabulary, unrelated to the French exclamation vive.
How VIVES is used
Historical veterinary term; met in old farriery and stable manuals.
- The stable hand noticed the swelling that farriers called vives.
- An old manual on horse care lists vives among the common ailments.
- Left untreated, vives could spread and worsen over weeks.
- The farrier lanced the gland affected by vives.
- Modern veterinary terms have mostly replaced the old word vives.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of VIVES and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words ending in VIVES
3 words end in VIVES. Useful as a back hook: play VIVES onto a word already on the board.
Words with VIVES inside
5 words contain VIVES in the middle. Words that start with VIVES are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in VIVES
Common questions about VIVES
- Is VIVES valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and VIVES is not in it.
- How many points is VIVES worth?
- VIVES is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does VIVES mean?
- A disease of horses that swells the glands beneath the ear.
- What letters can be added to VIVES?
- No single letter can be added to VIVES to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of VIVES:
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