TARDIVE is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. TARDIVE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept TARDIVE?
| 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: 51 / 100
Our own measure of how useful TARDIVE is to know. It scores 11 from 7 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for TARDIVE
No single letter turns TARDIVE into another word.
How TARDIVE scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in TARDIVE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| v | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 57,183.
What does TARDIVE mean in Scrabble?
adjective
medical
Describing a condition or symptom that develops late or appears slowly.
Tardive is mostly used in medicine, as in tardive dyskinesia, a disorder of involuntary movements that can appear after long drug treatment. The word stresses delay rather than seriousness.
How TARDIVE is used
A medical adjective for symptoms that show up late.
- Tardive symptoms may appear years after treatment begins.
- The doctor warned about a tardive disorder of the face.
- A tardive reaction is hard to link to its cause.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TARDIVE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in TARDIVE
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Common questions about TARDIVE
- Is TARDIVE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts TARDIVE, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is TARDIVE worth?
- TARDIVE is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TARDIVE mean?
- Describing a condition or symptom that develops late or appears slowly.
- What letters can be added to TARDIVE?
- No single letter can be added to TARDIVE to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of TARDIVE:
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