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What does sleave mean? Is sleave a Scrabble word?

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Is sleave a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word sleave is a Scrabble US word. The word sleave is worth 9 points in Scrabble:

S1L1E1A1V4E1

Is sleave a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word sleave is a Scrabble UK word and has 9 points:

S1L1E1A1V4E1

Is sleave a Words With Friends word?

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

S1L2E1A1V5E1

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6-letter words (3 found)

LEAVES,SLEAVE,VEALES,

5-letter words (19 found)

AVELS,EALES,EASEL,EASLE,EAVES,ELVES,LAVES,LEASE,LEAVE,LEVAS,LEVES,SALVE,SELVA,SLAVE,VALES,VALSE,VEALE,VEALS,VELES,

4-letter words (32 found)

ALEE,ALES,AVEL,AVES,EALE,EASE,EAVE,EELS,ELSE,EVES,LASE,LAVE,LAVS,LEAS,LEES,LEVA,LEVE,LEVS,SALE,SAVE,SEAL,SEEL,SELE,SLAE,SLEE,VAES,VALE,VASE,VEAL,VEES,VELA,VELE,

3-letter words (23 found)

ALE,ALS,AVE,EAS,EEL,ELS,EVE,LAS,LAV,LEA,LEE,LES,LEV,SAE,SAL,SAV,SEA,SEE,SEL,SEV,VAE,VAS,VEE,

2-letter words (8 found)

AE,AL,AS,EA,EE,EL,ES,LA,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 86 words from sleave according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of sleave

sleave

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “From Chambers 1908; needs cleanup.”) Compare Danish slöife, a loose knot, Swedish slejf (“a knot of ribbon”), German Schleife (“a loop”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sliːv/
  • Rhymes: -iːv
  • Homophones: sleeve, slieve

Verb

sleave (third-person singular simple present sleaves, present participle sleaving, simple past and past participle sleaved)

  1. (weaving) To separate, as threads; to divide, as a collection of threads.

Synonyms

  • sley

Noun

sleave (countable and uncountable, plural sleaves)

  1. The knotted or entangled part of silk or thread.
  2. Silk not yet twisted; floss.

References

  • “sleave”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

  • Veales, leaves, salvee, veales

Source: wiktionary.org