What does JIVE mean?
JIVE is a valid word in the ENABLE word game list, worth 14 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends.
- Pronunciation
- /dʒaɪv/
- Letters
- 4
- Scrabble score
- 14
- Words With Friends score
- 17
- How common
- Fairly common
Meaning
verb
- dance to jive music; dance the jive
noun
- a style of jazz played by big bands popular in the 1930s; flowing rhythms but less complex than later styles of jazz
Definitions from Princeton WordNet 3.0.
Other forms
jived16jives15jiving17
Anagrams of JIVE
No other word in the ENABLE list uses exactly these letters.
Words inside JIVE
1 shorter words can be made from these letters. Here are the most useful.
Related
Questions
Is JIVE a Scrabble word?
JIVE 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 JIVE worth?
JIVE is worth 14 points with Scrabble letter values and 17 with Words With Friends values, before any bonus squares.
What words can you make from JIVE?
1 other words, including VIE.