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stive

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Is stive a Scrabble word?

Yes, stive is a valid Scrabble word! Worth 8 points in Scrabble.

Word Games

  • Scrabble US/Canada (OTCWL) No
  • Scrabble UK (SOWPODS) Yes
  • Wordle Yes
  • Words With Friends No

What is the meaning of stive?

Definition

verb (English)

1. (UK, dialect, transitive, intransitive) To stew; to be stifled or suffocated.Examples: "1796, Amelia Simmons, American Cookery, 1996 Bicentennial Facsimile Edition, page 64, Let your cucumbers be ſmall, freſh gathered, and free from ſpots; then make a pickle of ſalt and water, ſtrong enough to bear an egg; boil the pickle and ſkim it well, and then pour it upon your cucumbers, and ſtive them down for twenty four hours; […] ."UKdialectalintransitivetransitive

verb (English)

1. (transitive) Sometimes with up: to compress (something); to cram.Examples: "His chamber being commonly ſtived vvith Friends or Suiters of one kind or other, vvhen he gave his legs, armes, and breſt to his ordinary ſervants to button and dreſſe him vvith little heed, […] then the Gentleman of his Robes throvving a cloak over his ſhoulders, he vvould make a ſtep into his Cloſet, and after a ſhort prayer, he vvas gone: […]"; "And here I mist stay, / In this stived up kitchen to work all day."; ""Things are a good deal stived up," answered the Deacon."transitive

Definition source: Wiktionary

What Scrabble words can I make with the letters in "stive"?

How many Scrabble points is the word "stive"?

Scrabble
8 points
S1
T1
I1
V4
E1
Words With Friends
9 points
S1
T1
I1
V4
E1

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