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Is solve a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word solve is a Scrabble US word. The word solve is worth 8 points in Scrabble:

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Is solve a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word solve is a Scrabble UK word and has 8 points:

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Is solve a Words With Friends word?

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

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5-letter words (5 found)

LOVES,OVELS,SLOVE,SOLVE,VOLES,

4-letter words (12 found)

EVOS,LEVO,LEVS,LOSE,LOVE,OLES,OVEL,SLOE,SOLE,VOES,VOLE,VOLS,

3-letter words (14 found)

ELS,EVO,LES,LEV,LOS,OES,OLE,OSE,SEL,SEV,SOL,SOV,VOE,VOL,

2-letter words (6 found)

EL,ES,LO,OE,OS,SO,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 38 words from solve according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of solve

solve oslve slove lsove olsve losve sovle osvle svole vsole ovsle vosle slvoe lsvoe svloe vsloe lvsoe vlsoe olvse lovse ovlse volse lvose vlose solev oslev sloev lsoev olsev losev soelv oselv seolv esolv oeslv eoslv sleov lseov selov eslov lesov elsov olesv loesv oelsv eolsv leosv elosv sovel osvel svoel vsoel ovsel vosel soevl osevl seovl esovl oesvl eosvl sveol vseol sevol esvol vesol evsol ovesl voesl oevsl eovsl veosl evosl slveo lsveo svleo vsleo lvseo vlseo slevo lsevo selvo eslvo lesvo elsvo svelo vselo sevlo esvlo veslo evslo lveso vleso levso elvso velso evlso olves loves ovles voles lvoes vloes olevs loevs oelvs eolvs leovs elovs ovels voels oevls eovls veols evols lveos vleos levos elvos velos evlos

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

Definitions and meaning of solve

solve

Etymology

From Middle English solven, from Latin solvō.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /sɒlv/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /sɑlv/, /sɔlv/
  • Rhymes: -ɒlv, -ɑlv, -ɔlv

Verb

solve (third-person singular simple present solves, present participle solving, simple past and past participle solved)

  1. To find an answer or solution to a problem or question; to work out.
  2. to find out the perpetrator, the motive etc (of crime)
  3. (mathematics) To find the values of variables that satisfy a system of equations and/or inequalities.
  4. (mathematics) To algebraically manipulate an equation or inequality into a form that isolates a chosen variable on one side, so that the other side consists of an expression that may be used to generate solutions.
  5. (transitive) To loosen or separate the parts of.
    1. (chemistry, archaic) To dissolve

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Noun

solve (plural solves)

  1. (now rare, chiefly law enforcement) A solution; an explanation.
    • 2014 February 4, The Party, Gil Ozeri and Gabe Liedman (writers), Michael Engler (director), Brooklyn Nine-Nine, season 1, episode 16:
      KEVIN: I decided a long time ago that just because I love Raymond, doesn't mean I have to love the people he works with. Good solve, Detective.

Anagrams

  • Loves, loves, slove, voles, voëls

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsɔl.ve/
  • Rhymes: -ɔlve
  • Hyphenation: sòl‧ve

Verb

solve

  1. third-person singular present indicative of solvere

Anagrams

  • svelo, svelò, volse

Latin

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈsol.u̯e/, [ˈs̠ɔɫ̪u̯ɛ]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈsol.ve/, [ˈsɔlve]

Verb

solve

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of solvō

References

  • solve in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

Middle English

Verb

solve

  1. Alternative form of solven

Source: wiktionary.org