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Is liven a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word liven is a Scrabble US word. The word liven is worth 8 points in Scrabble:

L1I1V4E1N1

Is liven a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word liven is a Scrabble UK word and has 8 points:

L1I1V4E1N1

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Yes. The word liven is a Words With Friends word. The word liven is worth 11 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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5-letter words (2 found)

LEVIN,LIVEN,

4-letter words (10 found)

EVIL,LIEN,LINE,LIVE,NEVI,VEIL,VEIN,VILE,VINE,VLEI,

3-letter words (8 found)

LEI,LEV,LIE,LIN,NIE,NIL,VIE,VIN,

2-letter words (5 found)

EL,EN,IN,LI,NE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 26 words from liven according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of liven

liven

English

Etymology 1

Partly from life +‎ -en; partly from live (adjective) +‎ -en; and partly a shortening of enliven. Cognate with Norwegian Nynorsk livna (“to quicken, come alive”), Faroese livna (“to come to life, come alive”), Icelandic lifna (“to come to life”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlaɪvən/
  • Rhymes: -aɪvən

Verb

liven (third-person singular simple present livens, present participle livening, simple past and past participle livened)

  1. (ambitransitive) To cause to be more lively, or to become more lively.
    Synonyms: liven up; see also Thesaurus:enliven
    • 1958: Marco Polo, Ronald Latham (translator), The Travels of Marco Polo
      Instead of the picturesque fables* that liven the pages of ‘Sir John Mandeville’ and of many more authentic travellers, he gives us no less picturesque facts, and facts in great abundance.
    • 1979: The American School Board Journal, volume 166, no. 1, January 1979, published by the National School Boards Association, caption to an image in the May 1979 section
      Visiting professionals frequently liven the day at the Elm Creative Arts School.
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Etymology 2

From Middle English liven, equivalent to live +‎ -en.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlɪvən/
  • Rhymes: -ɪvən

Verb

liven

  1. (obsolete) plural simple present of live

Anagrams

  • Elvin, Levin, Nevil, V line, V-line, levin, v-line

Esperanto

Etymology

From live (“on the left”) +‎ -n (lative ending).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈliven/
  • Rhymes: -iven
  • Hyphenation: li‧ven

Adverb

liven

  1. (neologism) to the left
    Synonym: maldekstren
    Antonym: dekstren

Middle English

Verb

liven

  1. Alternative form of lyven

Swedish

Noun

liven

  1. definite plural of liv

West Frisian

Noun

liven

  1. plural of liif

Source: wiktionary.org