AMATIVE is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. AMATIVE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept AMATIVE?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 52 / 100
Our own measure of how useful AMATIVE is to know. It scores 12 from 7 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 7.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for AMATIVE
No single letter turns AMATIVE into another word.
How AMATIVE scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in AMATIVE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 2 | 9 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| v | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 171,549.
What does AMATIVE mean in Scrabble?
adjective
rareliterary
Inclined to love, especially in a romantic or amorous way.
Amative describes a loving temperament and was used by older writers and early psychologists. It is a gentler, more clinical word than passionate, and now sounds quaint.
How AMATIVE is used
Amative is a rare literary word for a loving or amorous disposition.
- The poet had an amative nature and fell in love easily.
- Her amative glance made him blush.
- Victorian novels often describe an amative young hero.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of AMATIVE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with AMATIVE
3 longer words begin with AMATIVE.
Shorter words from the letters in AMATIVE
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Common questions about AMATIVE
- Is AMATIVE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts AMATIVE, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is AMATIVE worth?
- AMATIVE is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does AMATIVE mean?
- Inclined to love, especially in a romantic or amorous way.
- What letters can be added to AMATIVE?
- No single letter can be added to AMATIVE to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of AMATIVE:
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