ASSIMILATIVE is a valid Scrabble word — 17 points
Yes. ASSIMILATIVE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 17 points in Scrabble and 20 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ASSIMILATIVE?
| 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: 29 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ASSIMILATIVE is to know. It scores 17 from 12 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ASSIMILATIVE
No single letter turns ASSIMILATIVE into another word.
How ASSIMILATIVE scores
Face value of the 12 tiles in ASSIMILATIVE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 2 | 9 |
| s | 2 | 4 |
| i | 3 | 9 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| v | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so ASSIMILATIVE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does ASSIMILATIVE mean in Scrabble?
adjective
formal
Able to absorb and take in new material, such as ideas, people or nutrients.
Assimilative describes a mind, culture or organism that readily takes things in and makes them part of itself. In biology it is tied to the process of turning food into living tissue.
How ASSIMILATIVE is used
Used in psychology, sociology and biology, often before process or capacity.
- The child had a quick, assimilative mind.
- An assimilative society absorbs newcomers over a generation.
- Plants carry out an assimilative process in their leaves.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ASSIMILATIVE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ASSIMILATIVE
1 longer words begin with ASSIMILATIVE.
Shorter words from the letters in ASSIMILATIVE
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Common questions about ASSIMILATIVE
- Is ASSIMILATIVE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ASSIMILATIVE, where it scores 20 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ASSIMILATIVE worth?
- ASSIMILATIVE is worth 17 points in Scrabble and 20 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ASSIMILATIVE mean?
- Able to absorb and take in new material, such as ideas, people or nutrients.
- What letters can be added to ASSIMILATIVE?
- No single letter can be added to ASSIMILATIVE to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 12 letters of ASSIMILATIVE:
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