The word sieve is a valid scrabble word

3 short excerpts of WikWik.org (WikWik is an online database of words defined in the English, French, Spanish, Italian, and other Wiktionnaries.)

  • sieve n. A device with a mesh bottom to separate, in a granular material, larger particles from smaller ones…
  • sieve n. A process, physical or abstract, that arrives at a final result by filtering out unwanted pieces of…
  • sieve n. (Obsolete) A kind of coarse basket.

33 valid words from 3 definitions

ABSTRACT ARRIVES AT BASKET BOTTOM BY COARSE DEVICE FILTERING FINAL FROM GRANULAR IN KIND LARGER MATERIAL MESH OBSOLETE OF ONES OR OUT PARTICLES PHYSICAL PIECES PROCESS RESULT SEPARATE SMALLER THAT TO UNWANTED WITH

2 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word.)

EVE SI

2 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word.)

EVE IS

6 cousins (New words found by changing only one letter.)

KIEVE LIEVE MIEVE NIEVE RIEVE SIEGE

2 epenthesis (New words found when adding only one letter.)

SLIEVE STIEVE

5 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

SIEVED SIEVES SIEVERT SIEVERTS SIEVELIKE

2 times in the middle (New words found by adding letters in front and at the end of the word.)

MILLISIEVERT MILLISIEVERTS

21 anagrams plus one (New words formed with all the letters from the word plus a letter.)

+B BEVIES
+D DEVISE SIEVED VISEED
+G VEGIES
+K KIEVES
+L LEVIES LIEVES SLIEVE
+M MIEVES
+N ENVIES NEIVES NIEVES
+R REIVES REVIES REVISE RIEVES
+S ESSIVE SIEVES
+T EVITES STIEVE

4 anagrams minus one (New words formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

-E VIES VISE
-I EVES VEES

Scrabble scoring

  • 8 points.

Probability in scrabble (Probability to draw 7 letters at the beginning of the game to build the word.)

  • Joker allowed, 1 in 189 chance (0.53%).
  • Joker not allowed, 1 in 754 chance (0.13%).

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Categories without words

  • No anagrams (Word found by changing the order of the letters.)
  • No lipograms (Word found when removing only one letter.)
  • No prefixes (Word found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)

Scrabble words — in black are valid world wide — in RED are not valid in North America — in GREEN are valid only in North America.

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