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Is olive a Scrabble word?

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

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Is olive a Scrabble UK word?

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

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

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5-letter words (3 found)

LOVIE,OLIVE,VOILE,

4-letter words (10 found)

EVIL,LEVO,LIVE,LOVE,OVEL,VEIL,VILE,VIOL,VLEI,VOLE,

3-letter words (9 found)

EVO,LEI,LEV,LIE,OIL,OLE,VIE,VOE,VOL,

2-letter words (6 found)

EL,IO,LI,LO,OE,OI,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 29 words from olive according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of olive

olive loive oilve iolve liove ilove olvie lovie ovlie volie lvoie vloie oivle iovle ovile voile ivole viole livoe ilvoe lvioe vlioe ivloe viloe oliev loiev oilev iolev lioev iloev oleiv loeiv oeliv eoliv leoiv eloiv oielv ioelv oeilv eoilv ieolv eiolv lieov ileov leiov eliov ielov eilov olvei lovei ovlei volei lvoei vloei olevi loevi oelvi eolvi leovi elovi oveli voeli oevli eovli veoli evoli lveoi vleoi levoi elvoi veloi evloi oivel iovel oviel voiel ivoel vioel oievl ioevl oeivl eoivl ieovl eiovl oveil voeil oevil eovil veoil evoil iveol vieol ievol eivol veiol eviol liveo ilveo lvieo vlieo ivleo vileo lievo ilevo leivo elivo ielvo eilvo lveio vleio levio elvio velio evlio ivelo vielo ievlo eivlo veilo evilo

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

Definitions and meaning of olive

olive

Etymology

From Middle English olyve, from Old French olive (“olive, olive tree”), from Latin olīva (“olive”), from Etruscan *𐌄𐌋𐌄𐌉𐌅𐌀 (*eleiva) or Proto-Greek *ἐλαίϝα (*elaíwa), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *loiwom (compare Old Church Slavonic лои (loi, “tallow”), Old Armenian եւղ (ewł, “oil”)). Doublet of oliva. Displaced native Old English eleberġe, literally "oil berry."

Pronunciation

  • (UK) enPR: ŏl'ĭv, IPA(key): /ˈɒl.ɪv/
  • (US) enPR: ä'lĭv, IPA(key): /ˈɑ.lɪv/

Noun

olive (plural olives)

  1. A tree, Olea europaea, cultivated since ancient times in the Mediterranean for its fruit and the oil obtained from it.
  2. The small oval fruit of this tree, eaten ripe (usually black) or unripe (usually green).
  3. The wood of the olive tree.
  4. A dark yellowish-green color, that of an unripe olive.
  5. (neuroanatomy) An olivary body, part of the medulla oblongata.
  6. A component of a plumbing compression joint; a ring which is placed between the nut and the pipe and compressed during fastening to provide a seal.
  7. (cooking) A small slice of meat seasoned, rolled up, and cooked.
    a beef olive
    olives of veal
  8. Any shell of the genus Oliva and allied genera; so called from the shape.
  9. (UK, dialect) An oystercatcher, a shore bird.

Derived terms

Translations

Adjective

olive (comparative more olive, superlative most olive)

  1. Of a grayish green color, that of an unripe olive.

Related terms

  • oil
  • oleaster
  • olivenite
  • olivewood
  • Olivia
  • olivine

Translations

See also

  • à la grecque
  • Castile soap
  • Gethsemane
  • Wiktionary appendix of colours

References

Anagrams

  • lovie, viole, voile

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French olive, from Latin olīva.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɔ.liv/

Noun

olive f (plural olives)

  1. olive

Derived terms

  • huile d’olive
  • olive noire
  • olive verte
  • olivier

Descendants

  • Romanian: olivă

Further reading

  • “olive”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

  • viole, violé, voile, voilé

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /oˈli.ve/
  • Rhymes: -ive
  • Hyphenation: o‧lì‧ve

Noun

olive f

  1. plural of oliva

Anagrams

  • Elvio, ovile, viole, voile

Middle English

Etymology 1

Noun

olive

  1. Alternative form of olyve

Etymology 2

Adjective

olive

  1. Alternative form of alyve

Middle High German

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin oliva.

Noun

olīve f

  1. olive

Old French

Etymology

From Latin olīva.

Noun

olive m or f

  1. olive tree

Noun

olive oblique singular, f (oblique plural olives, nominative singular olive, nominative plural olives)

  1. olive

Descendants

  • → English: olive
  • French: olive
    • Romanian: olivă

Slovak

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɔlivɛ/

Noun

olive

  1. dative singular of oliva
  2. locative singular of oliva

Source: wiktionary.org