ERGATIVE is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. ERGATIVE 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 ERGATIVE?
| 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: 45 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ERGATIVE is to know. It scores 12 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 7.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ERGATIVE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
ergativesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ERGATIVE scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in ERGATIVE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| e | 2 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| v | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so ERGATIVE has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about ERGATIVE
- ERGATIVE 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 ERGATIVE mean in Scrabble?
adjective
technical
Relating to a grammatical case marking the agent of a verb, or to a verb that can be used both with and without an object.
In ergative languages such as Basque, the doer of an action takes a special case, unlike in English. English also has ergative verbs such as break and open, where the object of one sentence can be the subject of another.
How ERGATIVE is used
A linguistics term with two distinct senses, case system and verb type.
- Basque is an ergative language.
- The verb melt is ergative in English: the ice melted, she melted the ice.
- The ergative case marks who performs the action.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ERGATIVE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ERGATIVE
1 longer words begin with ERGATIVE.
Shorter words from the letters in ERGATIVE
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Common questions about ERGATIVE
- Is ERGATIVE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ERGATIVE, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ERGATIVE worth?
- ERGATIVE is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ERGATIVE mean?
- Relating to a grammatical case marking the agent of a verb, or to a verb that can be used both with and without an object.
- What letters can be added to ERGATIVE?
- ERGATIVE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of ERGATIVE:
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