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Is hove a Scrabble word?

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

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Is hove a Scrabble UK word?

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

H4O1V4E1

Is hove a Words With Friends word?

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

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4-letter words (1 found)

HOVE,

3-letter words (3 found)

EVO,HOE,VOE,

2-letter words (5 found)

EH,HE,HO,OE,OH,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 10 words from hove according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of hove

hove ohve hvoe vhoe ovhe vohe hoev ohev heov ehov oehv eohv hveo vheo hevo ehvo veho evho oveh voeh oevh eovh veoh evoh

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

Definitions and meaning of hove

hove

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /həʊv/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /hoʊv/
  • Rhymes: -əʊv

Etymology 1

From Middle English hoven (“to linger, wait, hover, move aside, entertain, cherish, foster”), from Old English *hofian (“to receive into one's house”), from Proto-Germanic *hufōną (“to house, lodge”), from Proto-Germanic *hufą (“hill, height, farm, dwelling”), from Proto-Indo-European *keup- (“to arch, bend, buckle”). Cognate with Old Frisian hovia (“to receive into one's home, entertain”), Old Dutch hoven (“to receive into one's home, entertain”). Related to Old English hof (“court, house, dwelling”). More at hovel.

Verb

hove (third-person singular simple present hoves, present participle hoving, simple past and past participle hoved)

  1. (obsolete, intransitive) To remain suspended in air, water etc.; to float, to hover.
  2. (obsolete, intransitive) To wait, linger.
  3. (obsolete, intransitive) To move on or by.
  4. (intransitive, now chiefly dialectal) To remain; delay.
  5. (intransitive, now chiefly dialectal) To remain stationary (usually on horseback).
Alternative forms
  • huve, huff, houf (Scotland)

Etymology 2

From Middle English hoven, alteration (due to hove, hoven, past tense and past participle of heven (“to heave”)). More at heave.

Verb

hove (third-person singular simple present hoves, present participle hoving, simple past and past participle hoved)

  1. (transitive, now chiefly dialectal) To raise; lift; hold up.
  2. (intransitive, now chiefly dialectal) To rise.

Etymology 3

Inflected forms.

Verb

hove

  1. (nautical) simple past and past participle of heave
  2. (obsolete or dialectal) simple past and past participle of heave
Synonyms
  • heaved

Middle Dutch

Noun

hōve

  1. inflection of hof:
    1. dative singular
    2. nominative/accusative/genitive plural

Middle English

Etymology

From Old English hōfe.

Noun

hōve (uncountable)

  1. ground-ivy

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /²ho.ʋə/

Etymology 1

Verb

hove

  1. supine of hevja

Participle

hove

  1. neuter of hoven

Adjective

hove

  1. neuter of hoven

Etymology 2

Noun

hove n (definite singular hovet, indefinite plural hove, definite plural hova)

  1. (dialectal) alternative form of hovud (“head”)

Old Frisian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈhove/

Noun

hove

  1. dative singular of hof

References

  • Bremmer, Rolf H. (2009) An Introduction to Old Frisian: History, Grammar, Reader, Glossary, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN

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