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Is shiver a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word shiver is a Scrabble US word. The word shiver is worth 12 points in Scrabble:

S1H4I1V4E1R1

Is shiver a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word shiver is a Scrabble UK word and has 12 points:

S1H4I1V4E1R1

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Yes. The word shiver is a Words With Friends word. The word shiver is worth 12 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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6-letter words (3 found)

HIVERS,SHIVER,SHRIVE,

5-letter words (13 found)

HEIRS,HIRES,HIVER,HIVES,RHIES,RIVES,SEHRI,SHIER,SHIRE,SHIVE,SIVER,VIERS,VIRES,

4-letter words (23 found)

EISH,HEIR,HERS,HIES,HIRE,HIVE,IRES,REHS,REIS,RESH,REVS,RISE,RIVE,SEIR,SHIR,SHIV,SHRI,SIRE,VERS,VIER,VIES,VIRE,VISE,

3-letter words (20 found)

EHS,ERS,HER,HES,HIE,HIS,IRE,ISH,REH,REI,RES,REV,SEI,SER,SEV,SHE,SIR,SRI,VIE,VIS,

2-letter words (9 found)

EH,ER,ES,HE,HI,IS,RE,SH,SI,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 69 words from shiver according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of shiver

shiver

Pronunciation

  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈʃɪvɚ/
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈʃɪvə/
  • Hyphenation: shi‧ver
  • Rhymes: -ɪvə(ɹ)
  • Homophone: shiva (non-rhotic)

Etymology 1

Origin uncertain, perhaps an alteration of chavel, or a frequentive of sheaf.

Verb

shiver (third-person singular simple present shivers, present participle shivering, simple past and past participle shivered)

  1. To tremble or shake, especially when cold or frightened.
  2. (nautical, transitive) To cause to shake or tremble, as a sail, by steering close to the wind.
Derived terms
  • ashiver
  • shiverer
  • shiver my sides
  • shiver my soul
  • shiver my timbers
  • shivering owl
Translations

Noun

shiver (plural shivers)

  1. The act of shivering.
  2. (medicine) A bodily response to early hypothermia.Wp
Derived terms
  • send shivers down someone's spine, send a shiver down someone's spine
  • shiver my timbers, shiver me timbers
Translations

See also

  • frisson

Etymology 2

From a Germanic word, probably present in Old English though unattested, cognate with Old High German scivaro (German Schiefer (“slate”)).

Noun

shiver (plural shivers)

  1. A fragment or splinter, especially of glass or stone.
  2. (obsolete, UK, dialect) A thin slice; a shive.
  3. (geology) A variety of blue slate.
  4. (nautical) A sheave or small wheel in a pulley.
  5. A small wedge, as for fastening the bolt of a window shutter.
  6. (obsolete, UK, dialect) A spindle.
Translations

Verb

shiver (third-person singular simple present shivers, present participle shivering, simple past and past participle shivered)

  1. To break into splinters or fragments.

Etymology 3

Origin uncertain

Noun

shiver (plural shivers)

  1. Collective noun for a group of sharks

Anagrams

  • hivers, shrive

Source: wiktionary.org