EGESTIVE is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. EGESTIVE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept EGESTIVE?
| 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 EGESTIVE is to know. It scores 12 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 7.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for EGESTIVE
No single letter turns EGESTIVE into another word.
How EGESTIVE scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in EGESTIVE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| e | 3 | 12 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| v | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so EGESTIVE has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about EGESTIVE
- EGESTIVE begins and ends with the same letter.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does EGESTIVE mean in Scrabble?
adjective
technical
Relating to the discharge of waste matter from the body or a cell.
Egestive describes processes that expel undigested material, the opposite of ingestive intake. The word is rare, and most writers prefer terms such as excretory unless contrasting egestion with ingestion.
How EGESTIVE is used
A biology term that appears mainly in discussions of digestion.
- The egestive stage follows absorption of nutrients.
- Textbooks list the egestive functions of the gut.
- An egestive process removes what the body cannot digest.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of EGESTIVE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in EGESTIVE
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Common questions about EGESTIVE
- Is EGESTIVE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts EGESTIVE, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is EGESTIVE worth?
- EGESTIVE is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does EGESTIVE mean?
- Relating to the discharge of waste matter from the body or a cell.
- What letters can be added to EGESTIVE?
- No single letter can be added to EGESTIVE to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of EGESTIVE:
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