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What does shiv mean? Is shiv a Scrabble word?

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Is shiv a Scrabble word?

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

S1H4I1V4

Is shiv a Scrabble UK word?

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

S1H4I1V4

Is shiv a Words With Friends word?

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

S1H3I1V5

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4-letter words (1 found)

SHIV,

3-letter words (3 found)

HIS,ISH,VIS,

2-letter words (4 found)

HI,IS,SH,SI,

You can make 8 words from shiv according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of shiv

shiv hsiv sihv ishv hisv ihsv shvi hsvi svhi vshi hvsi vhsi sivh isvh svih vsih ivsh vish hivs ihvs hvis vhis ivhs vihs

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

Definitions and meaning of shiv

shiv

Alternative forms

  • chib, chiv (Scotland, Geordie)
  • shive

Etymology

First attested 1915. From chive, chieve, chife, chiv (“knife”), from Romani chive, chiv, chivvomengro (“knife, dagger, blade”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃɪv/
  • Rhymes: -ɪv

Noun

shiv (plural shivs)

  1. A knife, especially a makeshift one fashioned from something not normally used as a weapon (like a plastic spoon or a toothbrush).
    Synonym: (slang) shank
  2. A particular woody by-product of processing flax or hemp.

Derived terms

  • shivvy

Translations

Verb

shiv (third-person singular simple present shivs, present participle shivving, simple past and past participle shivved)

  1. To stab someone with a shiv.
  2. (by extension) To stab someone with anything not normally used as a stabbing weapon.

Synonyms

  • shank (slang)

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Anagrams

  • IHVS, IHVs

Source: wiktionary.org