CONATIVE is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. CONATIVE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CONATIVE?
| 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: 41 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CONATIVE is to know. It scores 13 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CONATIVE
No single letter turns CONATIVE into another word.
How CONATIVE scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in CONATIVE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| v | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so CONATIVE has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about CONATIVE
- All 8 letters of CONATIVE are different — nothing repeats.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does CONATIVE mean in Scrabble?
adjective
technical
Relating to the drive or willingness to act on a purpose; in grammar, showing an attempt rather than a completed action.
Psychologists treat the conative side of the mind as the part that wants and strives, alongside thinking and feeling. Linguists use it for constructions such as "he kicked at the ball", where the effort is stressed.
How CONATIVE is used
Used in psychology and linguistics.
- Researchers separated the conative aspects of motivation from emotion.
- English has a conative pattern with the word "at".
- The test measures conative strength rather than knowledge.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CONATIVE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of CONATIVE
The 8 tiles of CONATIVE in a different order — 1 found.
Shorter words from the letters in CONATIVE
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Common questions about CONATIVE
- Is CONATIVE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CONATIVE, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CONATIVE worth?
- CONATIVE is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CONATIVE mean?
- Relating to the drive or willingness to act on a purpose; in grammar, showing an attempt rather than a completed action.
- What letters can be added to CONATIVE?
- No single letter can be added to CONATIVE to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of CONATIVE:
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