Yes. EAVE is a valid word.
EAVE is valid in the North American word list used for the Scrabble board game and other crossword tile games.
EAVE is in the NASPA Word List 2023 (NWL2023), the North American list that Tileside uses for challenges and the one used in club and tournament play.
About EAVE
EAVE is the lower edge of a roof that overhangs the wall; people usually say EAVES, and both are valid. EAVE uses two E tiles and an A with a 4-point V. The V is a tricky tile with no two-letter word, so EAVE is one of the few short words that clears vowels and the V together.
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EAVE scores 7 points
Before any bonus squares: E 1 + A 1 + V 4 + E 1 = 7. On a double-word square that's 14, on a triple-word 21, and every letter bonus under one of these tiles is applied first.
Example: EAVE as the first play
Later in the game, put the V on a 3L square and EAVE is worth 15 before any word bonus.
Hooks: one tile makes a new word
Longer words from EAVE
Other forms of EAVE (1):
Words that start with EAVE:
- EAVESDROPlisten without the speaker's knowledge
- EAVESDROPSform of EAVESDROP: listen without the speaker's knowledge
- EAVESTROUGH
- EAVESDROPPEDform of EAVESDROP: listen without the speaker's knowledge
- EAVESDROPPERa secret listener to private conversations
- EAVESTROUGHS
- EAVESDROPPERSform of EAVESDROPPER: a secret listener to private conversations
- EAVESDROPPINGform of EAVESDROP: listen without the speaker's knowledge
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Change one tile
Swap any one letter of EAVE and these are still words:
- CAVEa geological formation consisting of an underground enclosure with access from the surface of the ground or from the sea
- FAVE
- GAVEform of GIVE: cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense
- HAVEhave or possess, either in a concrete or an abstract sense
- LAVEwash or flow against
- NAVEthe central area of a church
- PAVEa setting with precious stones so closely set that no metal shows
- RAVEa dance party that lasts all night and electronically synthesized music is played
Same letters, other words
Memory tip
EAVE is the overhanging edge of a roof, usually said in the plural, EAVES.
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Tileside checks words against the North American list, the NASPA Word List 2023. Your group's chosen dictionary always wins.
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