What does HIVE mean?

HIVE is a valid word in the ENABLE word game list, worth 10 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends.

Pronunciation
/haɪv/
Letters
4
Scrabble score
10
Words With Friends score
10
How common
Fairly common

Meaning

noun

  1. a teeming multitude
  2. a man-made receptacle that houses a swarm of bees
  3. a structure that provides a natural habitation for bees; as in a hollow tree

verb

  1. store, like bees“bees hive honey and pollen”
  2. move together in a hive or as if in a hive“The bee swarms are hiving”
  3. gather into a hive“The beekeeper hived the swarm”

Definitions from Princeton WordNet 3.0.

Other forms

hived12hiving13

Anagrams of HIVE

No other word in the ENABLE list uses exactly these letters.

Words inside HIVE

5 shorter words can be made from these letters. Here are the most useful.

hie6 vie6 eh5 he5 hi5

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Questions

Is HIVE a Scrabble word?

HIVE is in the ENABLE word list, which many word games use, so it is very likely to be accepted in Scrabble and Words With Friends. Official tournament dictionaries differ slightly, so check your game's own dictionary if a play is challenged.

How many points is HIVE worth?

HIVE is worth 10 points with Scrabble letter values and 10 with Words With Friends values, before any bonus squares.

What words can you make from HIVE?

5 other words, including HE, HI, EH and VIE.