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Is halve a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word halve is a Scrabble US word. The word halve is worth 11 points in Scrabble:

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Is halve a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word halve is a Scrabble UK word and has 11 points:

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5-letter words (1 found)

HALVE,

4-letter words (9 found)

AVEL,HALE,HAVE,HEAL,LAVE,LEVA,VALE,VEAL,VELA,

3-letter words (8 found)

ALE,AVE,HAE,LAH,LAV,LEA,LEV,VAE,

2-letter words (9 found)

AE,AH,AL,EA,EH,EL,HA,HE,LA,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 28 words from halve according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of halve

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Definitions and meaning of halve

halve

Etymology

From Middle English halven, helven, from Old English hilfan, helfan, *hielfan (to halve, divide in two), from Proto-West Germanic *halbijan, from Proto-Germanic *halbijaną (to halve), from Proto-Germanic *halbaz (half).

Cognate with Middle Dutch halven (to halve), Middle High German halben, helben (to halve). Compare also West Frisian helte (to halve), Dutch halveren (to halve), German Low German halberen (to halve), German halbieren (to halve), Danish halvere (to halve), Swedish halvera (to halve).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) enPR: häv, IPA(key): /hɑːv/
    • Rhymes: -ɑːv
  • (US) enPR: hăv, IPA(key): /hæv/
    • Homophone: have (stressed)
    • Rhymes: -æv

Verb

halve (third-person singular simple present halves, present participle halving, simple past and past participle halved)

  1. (transitive) To reduce to half the original amount.
  2. (transitive) To divide into two halves.
  3. (transitive) To make up half of.
  4. (architecture, transitive) To join two pieces of timber etc. by cutting away each for half its thickness at the joining place, and fitting together.
  5. (golf, transitive) In match play, to achieve a tie or draw on.

Synonyms

  • (to divide into two halves): dichotomize, dimidiate; see also Thesaurus:bisect

Derived terms

Translations

Anagrams

  • Havel, Vahle

Danish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈhalvə], [ˈhall̩]

Adjective

halve

  1. plural and definite singular attributive of halv

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɦɑl.və/

Adjective

halve

  1. inflection of half:
    1. masculine/feminine singular attributive
    2. definite neuter singular attributive
    3. plural attributive

Middle English

Etymology 1

Noun

halve (plural halves or halven)

  1. Alternative form of half

Etymology 2

From Old English helfe.

Noun

halve

  1. Alternative form of helve

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

Adjective

halve

  1. definite singular of halv
  2. plural of halv

Etymology 2

From Old Norse halfa.

Noun

halve f or m (definite singular halva or halven, indefinite plural halver, definite plural halvene)

  1. (a) half
Synonyms
  • halvdel
  • halvpart

References

  • “halve” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

Adjective

halve

  1. definite singular of halv
  2. plural of halv

Etymology 2

From Old Norse halfa.

Noun

halve f (definite singular halva, indefinite plural halver, definite plural halvene)

  1. a half
Synonyms
  • halvdel
  • halvpart

References

  • “halve” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Source: wiktionary.org