Dictionary

Claves

c ₃l ₁a ₁v ₄e ₁s ₁

About 1 syllable

6 letters · Rare

Scrabble US & Canada : valid
Scrabble UK & worldwide : valid
Words With Friends : valid
Wordle : not valid

What does claves mean?

We don’t have a definition for claves yet. It appears in the game word lists marked below, so it is playable even without a dictionary meaning. That is common for rare, regional and technical words.

Is CLAVES a valid word?

Game / word list	Valid?
Scrabble US & Canada (NWL / TWL)	Yes
Scrabble UK & worldwide (Collins / SOWPODS)	Yes
Words With Friends (ENABLE)	Yes
Wordle (guess list)	No

How many points is CLAVES worth?

Scrabble

11 pts

c ₃l ₁a ₁v ₄e ₁s ₁

Words With Friends

14 pts

c ₄l ₂a ₁v ₅e ₁s ₁

Wordfeud

12 pts

c ₄l ₁a ₁v ₄e ₁s ₁

NYT Crossplay

14 pts

c ₃l ₂a ₁v ₆e ₁s ₁

Scores are the sum of the tile values, before premium squares or bingo bonuses.

Words from the letters in CLAVES

Anagrams 3

calves cavels sclave

Best shorter words top 30 of 73

calve 10 cavel 10 caves 10 clave 10 cave 9 vacs 9 avels 8 laves 8 salve 8 selva 8 slave 8 vac 8 vales 8 valse 8 veals 8 alecs 7 avel 7 aves 7 claes 7 laces 7 lave 7 lavs 7 leva 7 save 7 scale 7 vaes 7 vale 7 vase 7 veal 7 vela 7

See all 73 words made from CLAVES

Hooks for CLAVES

Add one letter to the front or back of CLAVES to make another word.

Front hooks

sclaves

Back hooks

None

Words that end like CLAVES

Common words that share the ending -AVES, handy for rhymes, poems and wordplay. Matches are based on spelling, so a few may not rhyme exactly.

saves slaves raves waves braves craves graves shaves staves caves haves paves behaves octaves depraves engraves enslaves microwaves misbehaves

All words ending in -AVES

Claves: quick answers

Is CLAVES a valid Scrabble word?

Yes. CLAVES is accepted in both the North American (NWL) and the international Collins Scrabble word lists, and scores 11 points before board bonuses.

How many points is CLAVES worth?

CLAVES scores 11 points in Scrabble, 14 in Words With Friends, 12 in Wordfeud and 14 in NYT Crossplay. These are plain tile totals, before any double- or triple-letter and word squares.

What words can you make with the letters in CLAVES?

You can make 73 shorter words from CLAVES, such as CALVE, CAVEL, CAVES, CLAVE. See the full list.

What are the anagrams of CLAVES?

CLAVES rearranges into CALVES, CAVELS, SCLAVE.