ABSOLUTIVE is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. ABSOLUTIVE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 19 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ABSOLUTIVE?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ABSOLUTIVE is to know. It scores 15 from 10 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ABSOLUTIVE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
absolutivesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ABSOLUTIVE scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in ABSOLUTIVE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| v | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so ABSOLUTIVE has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about ABSOLUTIVE
- All 10 letters of ABSOLUTIVE are different — nothing repeats.
- ABSOLUTIVE contains every vowel — A, E, I, O and U.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does ABSOLUTIVE mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A grammatical case that marks the subject of an intransitive verb and the object of a transitive one.
The absolutive is found in ergative languages such as Basque and many Australian languages. It treats the one doing an intransitive action and the one receiving a transitive action in the same way. Linguists use the term when describing these case systems.
How ABSOLUTIVE is used
A linguistics term, also used as an adjective for this case or form.
- Basque marks the subject of intransitive verbs with the absolutive.
- The absolutive usually has no special ending in such languages.
- Students compared the absolutive with the nominative in a table.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ABSOLUTIVE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ABSOLUTIVE
1 longer words begin with ABSOLUTIVE.
Shorter words from the letters in ABSOLUTIVE
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Common questions about ABSOLUTIVE
- Is ABSOLUTIVE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ABSOLUTIVE, where it scores 19 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ABSOLUTIVE worth?
- ABSOLUTIVE is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 19 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ABSOLUTIVE mean?
- A grammatical case that marks the subject of an intransitive verb and the object of a transitive one.
- What letters can be added to ABSOLUTIVE?
- ABSOLUTIVE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of ABSOLUTIVE:
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