Effective is valid Scrabble Word

Is effective a scrabble word?
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Words with Friends YES

9 letters word
20 points in Scrabble
22 points in WWF

Definitions for EFFECTIVE in dictionary:

NOUN:

an effective serviceman or other person
a soldier fit and available for service
That which produces a given effect; a cause.
One who is capable of active service.
Specie or coin, as distinguished from paper currency; -- a term used in many parts of Europe.
soldier who is equipped and prepared for action

ADJECTIVE:

that works
successful in producing a desired or intended result
(of a law, rule, or policy) operative
existing in fact, though not formally acknowledged as such

assessed according to actual rather than face value
producing a desired result
Having the power to produce an effect or effects; producing a decided or decisive effect; efficient; serviceable; operative; as, an effective force, remedy, speech; the effective men in a regiment.
producing or capable of producing an intended result or having a striking effect
able to accomplish a purpose; functioning effectively
works well as a means or remedy
exerting force or influence
existing in fact; not theoretical; real
ready for service

OTHER DEFINITIONS:

producing a decided, decisive, or desired effect; impressive, striking

Words related to EFFECTIVE

effectively25 effectiveness24 effectives21 effectivity25

Words that contain EFFECTIVE

effectives21 effectively25 ineffective22 noneffective23 effectiveness24 ineffectively27 noneffectives24 supereffective27 noneffectively28 effectivenesses26 ineffectiveness26 ineffectivenesses28

How to use EFFECTIVE in a sentence

The bank proved to be a very effective breast-work, affording us good protection.
The nutritive organs will not create vigorous muscles and effective limbs, unless the blood is constantly and appropriately recruited.
That probably is the most effective contribution of the scientific spirit of the age.
At the last named place, he is still rendering the cause effective service.
The violation of Greek territory by the Bulgarian troops, as might be expected, has not led to any effective protest from King Constantine.
As a piece of civic oratory this declaration is strikingly effective.
Occasionally a quite effective cure was included in the ceremony.
The siege of Bedford, however, prevented the despatch of effective help from England, and Savary was perhaps already secretly won over by Louis.
Now I maintain that the education which was given that man was effective in a degree that ought to make his experience an object lesson for us who teach.
As an annual the plants are very compact and effective, the leaves and flowers forming round glittering masses in the late summer and autumn months.

In fact, to be really effective the two should go hand in hand.
The treaty is to become effective in all respects for each power on the date of deposition of its ratification.
The blowing machine is an especially wonderful and effective machine, and was first described and illustrated by Mr.
For the soldier himself special provision had been made in both Northern and Southern colonies, but it was not always hearty or effective.
That did not happen often, and their chances of effective reply to the bullets or shells that lashed the ground about them were few at first.
He has put into very brief and effective form here the spirit and idea of a most intense period of merciless conflict.
They occasionally write articles for the very few Socialist papers of Japan, but their effective contribution to the cause is of trifling account.
When they did intervene, however, their speeches were usually short and none the less effective.
In consultation with them the most effective means of co-operation of effort was considered.
The dance following the ballata must have been effective.
We cannot expect to make intelligence instantly effective in the elevation of individual citizenship, or the exercise of collective power.
For such people, a direct, positive suggestion is perhaps the most powerful and effective means of securing decision and action.
This retreat, the impulse of a virtuous woman who is crushing a passion in the depths of her heart, was a thousand times more effective than the most reckless avowal.
Besides, as we were compelled in nearly every instance to shoot from horseback, it was almost impossible to deliver an effective shot from in front.
Louis was practically fighting and beating half Europe single-handed, as he was now getting no effective help from England or his nominal ally, Sweden.
The sharpshooters of my command were enabled to do effective work at this point.
A really effective ideal, however, cannot arise except from the perception of definite evil.
He had the sympathy if not the effective help of the population, and was thought to have been clever to get out of the trap laid for him.
There is no question that the most effective way of avoiding venereal disease is to refrain from promiscuous sexual intercourse.

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