PRIVATIVE is a valid Scrabble word — 17 points
Yes. PRIVATIVE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 17 points in Scrabble and 20 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PRIVATIVE?
| 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: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PRIVATIVE is to know. It scores 17 from 9 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PRIVATIVE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
privativesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How PRIVATIVE scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in PRIVATIVE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| v | 2 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so PRIVATIVE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does PRIVATIVE mean in Scrabble?
adjective
technical
Expressing the absence, loss or negation of a quality.
Grammarians call a prefix like a- in amoral or un- in unkind privative, because it removes the quality the base word names. In logic the word describes a term that states that something expected is missing.
How PRIVATIVE is used
Used in grammar and philosophy, for prefixes, suffixes and terms.
- The prefix in atypical is privative.
- A privative term such as blind denies the presence of sight.
- The suffix -less is often called privative in grammar books.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PRIVATIVE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with PRIVATIVE
2 longer words begin with PRIVATIVE.
Shorter words from the letters in PRIVATIVE
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Common questions about PRIVATIVE
- Is PRIVATIVE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PRIVATIVE, where it scores 20 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PRIVATIVE worth?
- PRIVATIVE is worth 17 points in Scrabble and 20 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PRIVATIVE mean?
- Expressing the absence, loss or negation of a quality.
- What letters can be added to PRIVATIVE?
- PRIVATIVE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of PRIVATIVE:
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