SUBSTANTIVE is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points
Yes. SUBSTANTIVE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 20 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SUBSTANTIVE?
| 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: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SUBSTANTIVE is to know. It scores 16 from 11 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SUBSTANTIVE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
substantivesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SUBSTANTIVE scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in SUBSTANTIVE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 2 | 4 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| t | 2 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| v | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so SUBSTANTIVE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does SUBSTANTIVE mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Having real weight, importance or a firm basis, rather than being superficial.
Negotiators ask for substantive talks when they want actual decisions instead of pleasantries. In grammar the same word is an older term for a noun. Substantive also appears in law to describe rules of right, as opposed to rules of procedure.
How SUBSTANTIVE is used
Substantive is common in business and legal writing, where it separates real content from form.
- The meeting produced no substantive change in policy.
- She raised a substantive objection to the contract.
- Old grammars call a noun a substantive.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SUBSTANTIVE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with SUBSTANTIVE
3 longer words begin with SUBSTANTIVE.
Shorter words from the letters in SUBSTANTIVE
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Common questions about SUBSTANTIVE
- Is SUBSTANTIVE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SUBSTANTIVE, where it scores 20 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SUBSTANTIVE worth?
- SUBSTANTIVE is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 20 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SUBSTANTIVE mean?
- Having real weight, importance or a firm basis, rather than being superficial.
- What letters can be added to SUBSTANTIVE?
- SUBSTANTIVE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of SUBSTANTIVE:
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