CRESCIVE is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. CRESCIVE 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 CRESCIVE?
| 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: 42 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CRESCIVE is to know. It scores 15 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CRESCIVE
No single letter turns CRESCIVE into another word.
How CRESCIVE scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in CRESCIVE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 2 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| v | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so CRESCIVE has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about CRESCIVE
- The same 8 tiles also spell 2 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does CRESCIVE mean in Scrabble?
adjective
literaryrare
Growing or increasing over time.
Crescive describes something that swells gradually, such as a feeling, a moon or a crowd. It comes from the Latin verb for growing, the same root as crescent. It is rare and found mostly in literary prose.
How CRESCIVE is used
Rare literary word for steady growth.
- A crescive fear settled on the village.
- The crescive moon rose over the hills.
- Their crescive debts became impossible to ignore.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CRESCIVE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of CRESCIVE
The 8 tiles of CRESCIVE in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with CRESCIVE
1 longer words begin with CRESCIVE.
Shorter words from the letters in CRESCIVE
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Common questions about CRESCIVE
- Is CRESCIVE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CRESCIVE, where it scores 18 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CRESCIVE worth?
- CRESCIVE is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CRESCIVE mean?
- Growing or increasing over time.
- What letters can be added to CRESCIVE?
- No single letter can be added to CRESCIVE to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of CRESCIVE:
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