TRANSMISSIVE is a valid Scrabble word — 17 points
Yes. TRANSMISSIVE 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 TRANSMISSIVE?
| 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: 28 / 100
Our own measure of how useful TRANSMISSIVE is to know. It scores 17 from 12 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for TRANSMISSIVE
No single letter turns TRANSMISSIVE into another word.
How TRANSMISSIVE scores
Face value of the 12 tiles in TRANSMISSIVE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 1 | 6 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| s | 3 | 4 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| v | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so TRANSMISSIVE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does TRANSMISSIVE mean in Scrabble?
adjective
technical
Able to pass something such as light, sound or a signal through or along.
In optics a transmissive material lets light go through it, unlike a reflective one that sends it back. The word also fits anything that carries a message or tradition from one holder to the next.
How TRANSMISSIVE is used
Mainly used in physics and engineering, as in transmissive screens and filters.
- The lens is made of a highly transmissive glass.
- A transmissive display needs a light source behind it.
- Water is more transmissive to blue light than to red.
- The transmissive quality of the cable improved with the new coating.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TRANSMISSIVE and 4 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with TRANSMISSIVE
1 longer words begin with TRANSMISSIVE.
Shorter words from the letters in TRANSMISSIVE
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Common questions about TRANSMISSIVE
- Is TRANSMISSIVE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts TRANSMISSIVE, where it scores 20 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is TRANSMISSIVE worth?
- TRANSMISSIVE is worth 17 points in Scrabble and 20 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TRANSMISSIVE mean?
- Able to pass something such as light, sound or a signal through or along.
- What letters can be added to TRANSMISSIVE?
- No single letter can be added to TRANSMISSIVE to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 12 letters of TRANSMISSIVE:
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