ILLATIVE is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. ILLATIVE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ILLATIVE?
| 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 ILLATIVE is to know. It scores 11 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ILLATIVE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
illativesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ILLATIVE scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in ILLATIVE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| i | 2 | 9 |
| l | 2 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| v | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so ILLATIVE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does ILLATIVE mean in Scrabble?
adjective
technical
Describing a grammatical case that marks motion into something, or a word that draws an inference.
In languages such as Finnish the illative case replaces a preposition meaning into. The same word also appears in logic, where an illative word like therefore introduces a conclusion.
How ILLATIVE is used
Used in grammar for the into-case and in logic for words that signal an inference.
- Finnish nouns take an illative ending to show movement into a house.
- The word hence works as an illative particle in that sentence.
- She underlined each illative form in the exercise.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ILLATIVE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ILLATIVE
2 longer words begin with ILLATIVE.
Shorter words from the letters in ILLATIVE
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Common questions about ILLATIVE
- Is ILLATIVE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ILLATIVE, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ILLATIVE worth?
- ILLATIVE is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ILLATIVE mean?
- Describing a grammatical case that marks motion into something, or a word that draws an inference.
- What letters can be added to ILLATIVE?
- ILLATIVE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of ILLATIVE:
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