Is RECEIVE a word?
RECEIVE is a valid word in Scrabble and Words With Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words With Friends, has 7 letters, and can be rearranged into 0 other words, plus 30 shorter words built from the same letters.
Yes, RECEIVE is a valid word.
What does receive mean?
verb: get something; come into possession of.
“receive payment”
Definition from WordNet, Princeton University.
RECEIVE: word details
- Pronunciation: ruh-SEEV (approx., 2 syllables)
- Length: 7 letters, a medium-length word. It is one of 33,192 7-letter words in our dictionary.
- Scrabble: worth 12 points on the tiles.
- Words With Friends: worth 14 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 receive
Words you can make from the letters of receive.
Solve a whole rack, not just RECEIVE
RECEIVE 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 RECEIVE mean?
RECEIVE is a verb. It means: get something; come into possession of.
Is RECEIVE a valid word?
Yes, RECEIVE is a valid word. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 14 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.