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Is shrive a Scrabble word?

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

S1H4R1I1V4E1

Is shrive a Scrabble UK word?

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

S1H4R1I1V4E1

Is shrive a Words With Friends word?

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

S1H3R1I1V5E1

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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 shrive according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of shrive

shrive

Alternative forms

  • shrieve (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English shryven, shriven, schrifen, from Old English sċrīfan (“1. to decree, pass judgement, prescribe, 2. (of a priest) to prescribe penance or absolution”), from Proto-West Germanic *skrīban, from late Proto-Germanic *skrībaną, a borrowing from Latin scrībō (“write”). Compare West Frisian skriuwe (“to write”), Low German schrieven (“to write”), Dutch schrijven (“to write”), German schreiben (“to write”), Danish skrive (“to write”), Swedish skriva (“to write”), Icelandic skrifa (“to write”). More at scribe and scribble.

Pronunciation

  • enPR: shrīv, IPA(key): /ˈʃɹaɪv/
  • Rhymes: -aɪv

Verb

shrive (third-person singular simple present shrives, present participle shriving, simple past shrove or shrived, past participle shriven or shrived)

  1. (religion, transitive and intransitive) To hear or receive a confession (of sins etc.).
  2. (transitive) To free from guilt, to absolve.
  3. (religion, transitive) To prescribe penance or absolution.
  4. (religion, intransitive or reflexive) To confess, and receive absolution.
    • c. 1798-1845, unknown author, The Croppy Boy
      'Twas a good thought, boy, to come here and shrive.

Derived terms

Related terms

  • scribe
  • shrift
  • Shrove Tuesday

Translations

Anagrams

  • Shiver, hivers, shiver

Middle English

Verb

shrive

  1. Alternative form of shryven

Source: wiktionary.org