SORPTIVE is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. SORPTIVE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SORPTIVE?
| 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: 40 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SORPTIVE is to know. It scores 13 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SORPTIVE
No single letter turns SORPTIVE into another word.
How SORPTIVE scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in SORPTIVE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| v | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so SORPTIVE has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about SORPTIVE
- All 8 letters of SORPTIVE are different — nothing repeats.
- The same 8 tiles also spell 3 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does SORPTIVE mean in Scrabble?
adjective
chemistry
Able to take up another substance, either into its bulk or onto its surface.
Chemists call a material sorptive when they do not need to say which kind of uptake is happening. The word covers both soaking in and sticking to the surface.
How SORPTIVE is used
Found in chemistry and materials science, usually before a noun such as capacity or surface.
- Activated carbon is a highly sorptive material.
- The sorptive capacity of the clay was measured in the lab.
- A sorptive coating removed the vapour from the air.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SORPTIVE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of SORPTIVE
The 8 tiles of SORPTIVE in a different order — 3 found.
Shorter words from the letters in SORPTIVE
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Common questions about SORPTIVE
- Is SORPTIVE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SORPTIVE, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SORPTIVE worth?
- SORPTIVE is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SORPTIVE mean?
- Able to take up another substance, either into its bulk or onto its surface.
- What letters can be added to SORPTIVE?
- No single letter can be added to SORPTIVE to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of SORPTIVE:
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