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What does sliver mean? Is sliver a Scrabble word?

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Is sliver a Scrabble word?

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

S1L1I1V4E1R1

Is sliver a Scrabble UK word?

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

S1L1I1V4E1R1

Is sliver a Words With Friends word?

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

S1L2I1V5E1R1

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6-letter words (6 found)

ERVILS,LIVERS,LIVRES,RIVELS,SILVER,SLIVER,

5-letter words (24 found)

ERVIL,EVILS,LEIRS,LEVIS,LIERS,LIVER,LIVES,LIVRE,RIELS,RILES,RIVEL,RIVES,SILER,SIVER,SLIER,SLIVE,VEILS,VIERS,VILER,VIRES,VIRLS,VLEIS,VLIES,VRILS,

4-letter words (30 found)

EVIL,IRES,ISLE,LEIR,LEIS,LEVS,LIER,LIES,LIRE,LIVE,REIS,REVS,RIEL,RILE,RISE,RIVE,SEIL,SEIR,SILE,SIRE,VEIL,VERS,VIER,VIES,VILE,VIRE,VIRL,VISE,VLEI,VRIL,

3-letter words (19 found)

ELS,ERS,IRE,LEI,LES,LEV,LIE,LIS,REI,RES,REV,SEI,SEL,SER,SEV,SIR,SRI,VIE,VIS,

2-letter words (7 found)

EL,ER,ES,IS,LI,RE,SI,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 87 words from sliver according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of sliver

sliver

Etymology

From Middle English slivere, sliver from Middle English sliven (“to cut, cleave, split”), from Old English slīfan (as in tōslīfan (“to split, split up”)).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈslɪv.ə(ɹ)/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈslɪv.ɚ/
  • Rhymes: -ɪvə(ɹ)

Noun

sliver (plural slivers)

  1. A long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment; a splinter.
    1. (Upper Midwestern US) Specifically, a splinter caught under the skin.
  2. A strand, or slender roll, of cotton or other fiber in a loose, untwisted state, produced by a carding machine and ready for the roving or slubbing which precedes spinning.
  3. (fishing) Bait made of pieces of small fish. Compare kibblings.
  4. (US, New York) A narrow high-rise apartment building.
  5. A small amount of something; a drop in the bucket; a shred.

Synonyms

  • (long piece cut or rent off): shard, slice, splinter

Derived terms

Translations

See also

  • slither

Verb

sliver (third-person singular simple present slivers, present participle slivering, simple past and past participle slivered)

  1. (transitive) To cut or divide into long, thin pieces, or into very small pieces; to cut or rend lengthwise; to slit.

Anagrams

  • Elvirs, Silver, levirs, livers, livres, rivels, silver, svirel

Source: wiktionary.org