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Is strive a Scrabble word?

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

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Is strive a Scrabble UK word?

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

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Is strive a Words With Friends word?

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

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6-letter words (5 found)

RIVETS,STIVER,STRIVE,TREVIS,VERIST,

5-letter words (15 found)

REIST,RESIT,RITES,RIVES,RIVET,SIVER,STIRE,STIVE,TIERS,TIRES,TRIES,VERST,VERTS,VIERS,VIRES,

4-letter words (29 found)

ERST,IRES,REIS,REST,RETS,REVS,RISE,RITE,RITS,RIVE,SEIR,SIRE,SITE,STIE,STIR,TIER,TIES,TIRE,TRES,TRIE,VERS,VERT,VEST,VETS,VIER,VIES,VIRE,VISE,VITE,

3-letter words (22 found)

ERS,EST,IRE,ITS,REI,RES,RET,REV,RIT,SEI,SER,SET,SEV,SIR,SIT,SRI,TES,TIE,TIS,VET,VIE,VIS,

2-letter words (10 found)

ER,ES,ET,IS,IT,RE,SI,ST,TE,TI,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 82 words from strive according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of strive

strive

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈstɹaɪv/
  • Rhymes: -aɪv

Etymology 1

From Middle English striven (“to strive”), from Old French estriver (“to compete, quarrel”), from Frankish *strīban (“to exert, make an effort”) from Proto-Germanic *strībaną, or from Frankish *stribēn (“to strive”) from Proto-Germanic *stribāną.

Verb

strive (third-person singular simple present strives, present participle striving, simple past strove or strived, past participle striven or strived or (nonstandard, colloquial) strove)

  1. To try to achieve a result; to make strenuous effort; to try earnestly and persistently.
  2. To struggle in opposition; to be in contention or dispute; to contend; to contest.
  3. To vie; to compete as a rival.
Usage notes
  • This often occurs as a catenative verb that takes the to infinitive. See Appendix:English catenative verbs
  • The strong or irregular forms "strove" and "striven" are more commonly used in print than "strived".
Conjugation
Synonyms
  • put/keep/&c. one's nose to the grindstone, put one's back into, give 110%, break one's back, work hard, apply oneself, put one's shoulder to the wheel
Related terms
  • strife
Translations

Etymology 2

Noun

strive (plural strives)

  1. (obsolete) Alternative form of strife

Further reading

  • “strive”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
  • “strive”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

Anagrams

  • Rivets, Stiver, rivest, rivets, stiver, tivers, verist

Source: wiktionary.org