PALLIATIVE is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. PALLIATIVE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 19 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PALLIATIVE?
| 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: 33 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PALLIATIVE is to know. It scores 15 from 10 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PALLIATIVE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
palliativesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How PALLIATIVE scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in PALLIATIVE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| l | 2 | 4 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| v | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so PALLIATIVE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does PALLIATIVE mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Easing pain or a problem without curing or removing its cause.
Palliative care focuses on comfort for people with serious illness rather than on a cure. Outside medicine, a palliative measure is a stopgap that soothes a problem but leaves the root unsolved.
How PALLIATIVE is used
Used in medicine and politics, as in palliative care or a merely palliative policy.
- The hospice offers palliative care to patients at home.
- The tax cut was a palliative step that did not fix the deficit.
- Doctors prescribed a palliative treatment to ease the symptoms.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PALLIATIVE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with PALLIATIVE
2 longer words begin with PALLIATIVE.
Shorter words from the letters in PALLIATIVE
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Common questions about PALLIATIVE
- Is PALLIATIVE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PALLIATIVE, where it scores 19 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PALLIATIVE worth?
- PALLIATIVE is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 19 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PALLIATIVE mean?
- Easing pain or a problem without curing or removing its cause.
- What letters can be added to PALLIATIVE?
- PALLIATIVE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of PALLIATIVE:
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