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Is arrive a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word arrive is a Scrabble US word. The word arrive is worth 9 points in Scrabble:

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Is arrive a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word arrive is a Scrabble UK word and has 9 points:

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Is arrive a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word arrive is a Words With Friends word. The word arrive is worth 10 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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6-letter words (3 found)

ARRIVE,RAVIER,VARIER,

5-letter words (6 found)

AIRER,AIVER,RAVER,RIVER,VAIRE,VERRA,

4-letter words (12 found)

AVER,RARE,RAVE,REAR,RIVA,RIVE,VAIR,VARE,VERA,VIAE,VIER,VIRE,

3-letter words (16 found)

AIR,ARE,AVE,EAR,ERA,ERR,IRE,RAI,RAV,REI,REV,RIA,VAE,VAR,VIA,VIE,

2-letter words (6 found)

AE,AI,AR,EA,ER,RE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 44 words from arrive according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of arrive

arrive

Etymology

From Middle English arriven, ariven, from Old French ariver, from Early Medieval Latin adrīpāre (“to land, come ashore”), derived from Latin rīpa (“shore, river-bank”). Displaced native oncome, tocome.

For the semantic evolution, compare Old English ġelandian, ġelendan, lendan (“to arrive at land; land”) > Middle English alenden, landen (“to arrive; arrive at shore; land”).

Pronunciation

  • enPR: ə-rīvʹ, IPA(key): /əˈɹaɪv/
  • Rhymes: -aɪv

Verb

arrive (third-person singular simple present arrives, present participle arriving, simple past and past participle arrived)

  1. (intransitive, copulative) To reach; to get to a certain place.
  2. (intransitive) To obtain a level of success or fame; to succeed.
  3. (intransitive) To come; said of time.
    The time has arrived for us to depart.
  4. (intransitive) To happen or occur.
  5. (transitive, archaic) To reach; to come to.
  6. (intransitive, obsolete) To bring to shore.

Usage notes

  • Additional, nonstandard, and uncommon past tense and past participle are, respectively, arrove and arriven, formed by analogy to verbs like drove and driven.

Antonyms

  • depart

Derived terms

Related terms

  • arrival

Translations

Anagrams

  • Rivera, Vierra, ravier, varier

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /a.ʁiv/

Verb

arrive

  1. inflection of arriver:
    1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    2. second-person singular imperative

Anagrams

  • rivera
  • varier
  • verrai
  • virera

Source: wiktionary.org