Unscramble REIVE and you have 20 words, REIVE itself among them: it scores 8 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. REIVE has 2 anagrams here, REVIE and RIEVE, scoring 8 like REIVE itself. 5 letters: 3 vowels and 2 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from REIVE by length: 3 with 5 letters, 6 with 4, 8 with 3 and 3 with 2.
Keep every letter of REIVE but one, change that one, and you get:
More 5-letter words: starting with RE · ending in VE · all 5-letter words
REIVE first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes. REIVE is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it is in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| REIVE itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 20) | 15 | 20 | 15 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
5 of the 20 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: REVIE, RIEVE, EREV, VIRE and EE.
Each word below uses all the letters of REIVE and one more.