Shives
Scrabble:12 ptsWWF:12 pts6 letters
Definition of Shives
noun
- A knife, especially a makeshift one fashioned from something not normally used as a weapon (like a plastic spoon or a toothbrush).
- A particular woody by-product of processing flax or hemp.
noun
noun
- A splinter or fragment of the woody core of flax or hemp broken off in braking or scutching
- A plant fragment remaining in scoured wool.
- A piece of thread or fluff on the surface of cloth or other material.
- (papermaking) A dark particle or impurity in finished paper resulting from a bundle of incompletely cooked wood fibres in the pulp.
Anagrams of Shives
Related Word Patterns
Letter Values
s1
h4
i1
v4
e1
s1
Total: 12 Scrabble points
Rhymes With Shives
Word Validity & Sources
SOWPODS (International Scrabble): Valid
TWL (US/Canada Scrabble): Valid
Words With Friends: Valid
Last verified: December 2024
Dictionary data sourced from SOWPODS (178,691 words), combining TWL (Tournament Word List) and the Collins Scrabble Words dictionary. Definitions from Free Dictionary API and Wordnik.
About the Word "Shives"
Shives is a 6-letter word that scores 12 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words With Friends.
Using "Shives" in Word Games
When playing Scrabble or Words With Friends, "shives" is a medium-scoring word.