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Is helve a Scrabble word?

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

H4E1L1V4E1

Is helve a Scrabble UK word?

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

H4E1L1V4E1

Is helve a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word helve is a Words With Friends word. The word helve is worth 12 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

H3E1L2V5E1

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5-letter words (1 found)

HELVE,

4-letter words (4 found)

HEEL,HELE,LEVE,VELE,

3-letter words (5 found)

EEL,EVE,LEE,LEV,VEE,

2-letter words (4 found)

EE,EH,EL,HE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 15 words from helve according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of helve

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Note: these 'words' (valid or invalid) are all the permutations of the word helve. These words are obtained by scrambling the letters in helve.

Definitions and meaning of helve

helve

Etymology

From Middle English helfe, helve; from Old English hielfe, from Proto-Germanic *halbiją.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /hɛlv/
  • Rhymes: -ɛlv

Noun

helve (plural helves)

  1. The handle or haft of a tool or weapon.
  2. A forge hammer lifted by a cam acting on the helve between the fulcrum and the head.

Translations

Verb

helve (third-person singular simple present helves, present participle helving, simple past and past participle helved)

  1. (transitive) To furnish (an axe, etc.) with a helve.

Translations

Finnish

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *helbeh, borrowed from Proto-Germanic [Term?] (whence Old High German helwa, helawa).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈhelʋeˣ/, [ˈhe̞lʋe̞(ʔ)]
  • Rhymes: -elʋe
  • Syllabification(key): hel‧ve

Noun

helve

  1. (botany) lodicule

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “helve”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

Latin

Adjective

helve

  1. vocative masculine singular of helvus

Middle English

Alternative forms

  • hylve, helfe, hilve, halve, alffe, hellfe

Etymology

From Old English helfe, from Proto-West Germanic *halbī.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈhɛlv(ə)/, /ˈhilv(ə)/, /hɛlf/

Noun

helve

  1. helve (grip of an implement)

Descendants

  • English: helve
  • Scots: helf

References

  • “helve, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-03-06.

Source: wiktionary.org