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HEAVE
Scrabble Validity
Valid UK Scrabble Word
Confirmed in SOWPODS / CSW24 (UK & International Scrabble).
Dictionary memberships:
- TWL/NWL (Scrabble US) — US Scrabble validity
- ENABLE (Words with Friends) — Words With Friends validity
- SOWPODS / CSW24 (UK & International Scrabble) — UK Scrabble validity
Tile Values
H
4
E
1
A
1
V
4
E
1
Σ
11
Definitions
Verb
- breathe noisily, as when one is exhausted; "The runners reached the finish line, panting heavily"
- make an unsuccessful effort to vomit; strain to vomit
- bend out of shape, as under pressure or from heat; "The highway buckled during the heat wave"
- utter a sound, as with obvious effort; "She heaved a deep sigh when she saw the list of things to do"
- lift or elevate
- throw with great effort
- rise and move, as in waves or billows; "The army surged forward"
- move or cause to move in a specified way, direction, or position; "The vessel hove into sight"
Noun
- throwing something heavy (with great effort); "he gave it a mighty heave"; "he was not good at heaving passes"
- the act of raising something; "he responded with a lift of his eyebrow"; "fireman learn several different raises for getting ladders up"
- an involuntary spasm of ineffectual vomiting; "a bad case of the heaves"
- the act of lifting something with great effort
- (geology) a horizontal dislocation
- an upward movement (especially a rhythmical rising and falling); "the heaving of waves on a rough sea"
Source: Princeton WordNet 3.1
About the word HEAVE
Yes, HEAVE is valid for UK Scrabble according to SOWPODS / CSW24 (UK & International Scrabble). If you play it, you can score 11 points in Scrabble.
HEAVE is a 5-letter word. It contains 3 vowels and 2 consonants.