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Is hive a Scrabble word?

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

H4I1V4E1

Is hive a Scrabble UK word?

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

H4I1V4E1

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

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4-letter words (1 found)

HIVE,

3-letter words (2 found)

HIE,VIE,

2-letter words (3 found)

EH,HE,HI,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 7 words from hive according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of hive

hive ihve hvie vhie ivhe vihe hiev ihev heiv ehiv iehv eihv hvei vhei hevi ehvi vehi evhi iveh vieh ievh eivh veih evih

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

Definitions and meaning of hive

hive

Etymology

From Middle English hyve, from Old English hȳf, from Proto-West Germanic *hūfi (compare Dutch huif (“beehive”), Danish dialect huv (“ship’s hull”)), from Proto-Indo-European *kuHp- (“water vessel”) (compare Latin cūpa (“tub, vat”), Ancient Greek κύπη (kúpē, “gap, hole”), κύπελλον (kúpellon, “beaker”), Sanskrit कूप (kū́pa, “cave”)), from *kew- (“to bend, curve”). Doublet of coupe, cup, and keeve. The computing term was chosen as an in-joke relating to bees; see [1].

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /haɪv/
  • Rhymes: -aɪv

Noun

hive (plural hives)

  1. A structure, whether artificial or natural, for housing a swarm of honeybees.
  2. The bees of one hive; a swarm of bees.
  3. A place swarming with busy occupants; a crowd.
  4. (computing, Microsoft Windows) A section of the registry.

Derived terms

Translations

See also

  • apiary
  • hives

Verb

hive (third-person singular simple present hives, present participle hiving, simple past and past participle hived)

  1. (transitive)
    1. To collect (bees) into a hive.
    2. To store (something other than bees) in, or as if in, a hive.
  2. (intransitive)
    1. To form a hive-like entity.
    2. To take lodging or shelter together; to reside in a collective body.
      • 1725, Alexander Pope, letter to Martha Blount
        […] to get into warmer houses, and hive together in cities
    3. (entomology) Of insects: to enter or possess a hive.

Derived terms

  • hive off

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

  • hiva (a infinitive)

Etymology

From English heave, from Middle English heven, hebben, from Old English hebban, from Proto-Germanic *habjaną (“to take up, lift”). Doublet of hevja.

Verb

hive (present tense hiv, past tense heiv, past participle hive, present participle hivande, imperative hiv)

  1. (transitive) to lift, heave, tow
  2. (transitive) to throw

References

  • “hive” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Source: wiktionary.org