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Is cleve a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word cleve is a Scrabble US word. The word cleve is worth 10 points in Scrabble:

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Is cleve a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word cleve is a Scrabble UK word and has 10 points:

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5-letter words (1 found)

CLEVE,

4-letter words (2 found)

LEVE,VELE,

3-letter words (7 found)

CEE,CEL,EEL,EVE,LEE,LEV,VEE,

2-letter words (2 found)

EE,EL,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 13 words from cleve according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of cleve

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Definitions and meaning of cleve

cleve

Etymology

From Middle English cleve, from Old English clēofa, clēafa (“that which is cloven, a cleft, chasm, cave, den, lair, cell, chamber, cellar, apartment”), from Proto-Germanic *klebô (“chamber, cell”), from Proto-Indo-European *glewbʰ- (“to cut, cleave, split, divide”). Cognate with Old Norse klefi (“a closet, sleeping closet, bedroom”) (whence Icelandic klefi (“cell, compartment”)). Related to cleave.

Noun

cleve (plural cleves)

  1. (now chiefly dialectal) A room; chamber.
  2. (now chiefly dialectal) A cottage.
  3. (obsolete) A cliff or hillside.

Middle Dutch

Alternative forms

  • cleue

Etymology

Related to clef (“cliff”); the town is one of the highest points in the region.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /klɛːvə/

Noun

clēve ?

  1. Cleves (a city in modern Germany)
  2. Cleves (a duchy and county)
    • 1432 CE, Brabantsche Yeesten book VI:

Descendants

  • Dutch: Kleef
  • Limburgish: Kleef
  • ⇒ Middle High German: Cleve (influenced)
    • German: Kleve

Further reading

  • “cleve”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000

Middle English

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old English clēofa, from Proto-Germanic *klebô.

Alternative forms

  • kleve

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkleːv(ə)/, /ˈklɛːv(ə)/

Noun

cleve (plural cleves)

  1. (rare) An abode or home; where someone resides.
  2. (rare) A granary.
Descendants
  • English: cleve
References
  • “clēve, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-31.

Etymology 2

Verb

cleve

  1. Alternative form of cleven (“to split”)

Etymology 3

Verb

cleve

  1. Alternative form of cleven (“to stick”)

Source: wiktionary.org