Is JIVE a word?
JIVE is a valid word in Scrabble and Words With Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words With Friends, has 4 letters, and can be rearranged into 0 other words, plus 1 shorter word built from the same letters.
Yes, JIVE is a valid word.
What does jive mean?
noun: a style of jazz played by big bands popular in the 1930s; flowing rhythms but less complex than later styles of jazz.
Definition from WordNet, Princeton University.
JIVE: word details
- Pronunciation: JEYEV (approx., 1 syllable)
- Length: 4 letters, a short word. It is one of 5,469 4-letter words in our dictionary.
- Scrabble: worth 14 points on the tiles.
- Words With Friends: worth 17 points on the tiles.
- Games: recognised in the combined word list Unscrambly uses for Scrabble and Words With Friends. Acceptance in official tournament lists (TWL, SOWPODS) can vary.
Shorter words inside jive
Words you can make from the letters of jive.
Solve a whole rack, not just JIVE
JIVE is one word. If you are holding tiles rather than looking up a single entry, the Scrabble word finder ranks every play from your rack by points, and the Words With Friends solver scores the same letters with WWF values instead, which changes the order of the list.
Frequently asked questions
What does JIVE mean?
JIVE is a noun. It means: a style of jazz played by big bands popular in the 1930s; flowing rhythms but less complex than later styles of jazz.
Is JIVE a valid word?
Yes, JIVE is a valid word. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words With Friends.
Unscrambly validity is based on a large open English word list used across word games. Word acceptance varies by the exact tournament dictionary in use.