COACTIVE is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. COACTIVE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 18 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept COACTIVE?
| 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: 42 / 100
Our own measure of how useful COACTIVE is to know. It scores 15 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for COACTIVE
No single letter turns COACTIVE into another word.
How COACTIVE scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in COACTIVE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 2 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| v | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so COACTIVE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does COACTIVE mean in Scrabble?
adjective
rare
Working together with others, or forcing someone to act.
Coactive has two old senses that pull in different directions: acting in concert and acting by compulsion. Most modern writers pick coercive for the second. Coactive survives mainly in technical or formal prose.
How COACTIVE is used
Rare and formal; the context shows which sense is meant.
- The coactive forces of the two muscles moved the joint.
- Their coactive effort finished the bridge early.
- The law was criticised as coactive.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of COACTIVE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with COACTIVE
1 longer words begin with COACTIVE.
Shorter words from the letters in COACTIVE
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Common questions about COACTIVE
- Is COACTIVE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts COACTIVE, where it scores 18 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is COACTIVE worth?
- COACTIVE is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends.
- What does COACTIVE mean?
- Working together with others, or forcing someone to act.
- What letters can be added to COACTIVE?
- No single letter can be added to COACTIVE to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of COACTIVE:
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