Jumble solved
Is REAVE a word? Yes.
REAVE is a valid word in the Scrabble dictionary — 5 letters, worth 8 points before any premium squares. It rearranges into 1 anagram, with 21 words hidden inside it.
- Total words
- 21
- Full anagrams
- 1
- Longest answer
- 5 letters
- Vowels : consonants
- 3 : 2
To solve the scramble by hand, set the 3 vowels (E, A, E) aside first, then try common beginnings and endings — re-, un-, -ing, -ed, -er — against the 2 remaining consonants (R, V).
reave in a sentence
“To reave the orphan of his patrimony.”
— Webster 1913
Anagrams of REAVE
One word uses all 5 letters:
- reave
5-letter words
1 word found4-letter words
6 words found3-letter words
10 words found2-letter words
4 words foundWords hidden inside REAVE
Without moving a single letter, reading reave straight through uncovers 2 shorter words — eave, ave. The longest unbroken run is eave.
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Shorter words inside REAVE — solve each on its own:
Add one letter to REAVE
Slot in one more tile — any letter — and reave opens up 16 6-letter words. Handy when a puzzle gives you a blank or an extra square.
Best words for tile games
Playing Scrabble or Words with Friends? These finds carry the highest tile values (before any bonus squares).
Letter breakdown
Total Letters
5
Distinct
4
Vowels
60%
E, A, E
Consonants
40%
R, V
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Solving REAVE: common questions
How do you unscramble the letters reave?
Rearranging the 5 letters in reave produces 21 valid words in total. A quick way to crack a scramble is to pull the vowels out first, then test familiar beginnings and endings (such as re-, un-, -ing, -ed and -er) against the consonants that are left. That approach lands the 5-letter answer reave here. Every arrangement below is checked against a standard word list, so anything listed is a real word.
Does reave have any anagrams?
Using all 5 letters, reave rearranges into exactly one word: reave.
What is the longest word you can make from reave?
The longest solution is reave at 5 letters — it uses the most tiles of any word here.
What are the easiest short words from reave?
Short answers are the quickest to spot: reave yields are, ave, ear, era, ere, eve, ree, rev, var and vee. Two- and three-letter words are handy for warming up, for tricky racks, and for hooking onto letters already on the board in games like Scrabble and Words with Friends.
How is the word "reave" used in a sentence?
Reave is itself a valid word. For example: "To reave the orphan of his patrimony." Seeing a jumble answer used in a real sentence makes it easier to remember next time it turns up.
Which word from reave scores best in Scrabble or Words with Friends?
If you are playing a tile game, reave is the top scorer from reave at 8 points, followed by aver (7), eave (7) and ever (7). Scores depend on the board, but these are the highest face values before any bonus squares.
What smaller words are hidden inside reave?
Read left to right without moving any letters and reave already contains 2 shorter words: eave and ave. The longest run of consecutive letters that spells a word is eave. Because this depends on the exact order, each spelling of the same letters hides a different set.