GENERATIVE is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. GENERATIVE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept GENERATIVE?
| 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: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful GENERATIVE is to know. It scores 14 from 10 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 7.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for GENERATIVE
No single letter turns GENERATIVE into another word.
How GENERATIVE scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in GENERATIVE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| g | 1 | 3 |
| e | 3 | 12 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| v | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so GENERATIVE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does GENERATIVE mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Able to produce or bring something new into being.
A generative process creates fresh results, whether living offspring, new ideas or computer output. In linguistics a generative grammar is a finite set of rules that can produce every well-formed sentence of a language.
How GENERATIVE is used
Used in biology, linguistics, computing and everyday talk about creativity.
- Chomsky developed a generative approach to grammar.
- The seeds are part of the plant's generative organs.
- Generative software can produce images from a short text.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of GENERATIVE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in GENERATIVE
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Common questions about GENERATIVE
- Is GENERATIVE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts GENERATIVE, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is GENERATIVE worth?
- GENERATIVE is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does GENERATIVE mean?
- Able to produce or bring something new into being.
- What letters can be added to GENERATIVE?
- No single letter can be added to GENERATIVE to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of GENERATIVE:
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