Is “Sieve” a Scrabble word?

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Yes
SIEVE
Valid in at least one Scrabble dictionary

Valid in these dictionaries

SOWPODS / CSW
Scrabble UK & International
Valid
TWL / NWL
Scrabble North America
Valid
Large English Dictionary
General English word list
Valid

Meaning of Sieve

/sɪv/

noun
  1. 1.A device with a mesh bottom to separate, in a granular material, larger particles from smaller ones, or to separate solid objects from a liquid.

    Use the sieve to get the pasta from the water.

  2. 2.A process, physical or abstract, that arrives at a final result by filtering out unwanted pieces of input from a larger starting set of input.

    Given a list of consecutive numbers starting at 1, the Sieve of Eratosthenes algorithm will find all of the prime numbers.

  3. 3.A kind of coarse basket.

verb
  1. 1.To strain, sift or sort using a sieve.

  2. 2.To concede; let in