ADVECTIVE is a valid Scrabble word — 18 points
Yes. ADVECTIVE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 18 points in Scrabble and 21 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ADVECTIVE?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
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| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ADVECTIVE is to know. It scores 18 from 9 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ADVECTIVE
No single letter turns ADVECTIVE into another word.
How ADVECTIVE scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in ADVECTIVE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| v | 2 | 2 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so ADVECTIVE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does ADVECTIVE mean in Scrabble?
adjective
technical
Of or caused by the horizontal movement of a mass of air or water that carries heat or other properties with it.
Meteorologists speak of advective processes when warm or moist air is carried sideways across the land, as opposed to rising straight up. The term also appears in studies of ocean currents and the spread of pollutants.
How ADVECTIVE is used
A technical term in meteorology, oceanography and fluid physics.
- Advective fog forms when warm moist air drifts over a cold sea.
- The model separates advective transport from simple diffusion.
- An advective heat flow carried the warmth far inland.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ADVECTIVE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in ADVECTIVE
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Common questions about ADVECTIVE
- Is ADVECTIVE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ADVECTIVE, where it scores 21 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ADVECTIVE worth?
- ADVECTIVE is worth 18 points in Scrabble and 21 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ADVECTIVE mean?
- Of or caused by the horizontal movement of a mass of air or water that carries heat or other properties with it.
- What letters can be added to ADVECTIVE?
- No single letter can be added to ADVECTIVE to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of ADVECTIVE:
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