TUSSIVE is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. TUSSIVE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept TUSSIVE?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
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| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 47 / 100
Our own measure of how useful TUSSIVE is to know. It scores 10 from 7 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for TUSSIVE
No single letter turns TUSSIVE into another word.
How TUSSIVE scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in TUSSIVE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 1 | 6 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| s | 2 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| v | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 514,646.
What does TUSSIVE mean in Scrabble?
adjective
medical
Relating to or caused by coughing.
Tussive is the medical adjective for anything connected with a cough, as in a tussive reflex or a tussive fit. Doctors use it in compound forms such as antitussive for cough remedies.
How TUSSIVE is used
Tussive is used in clinical writing about coughs and the reflex that causes them.
- The patient had a tussive spasm during the examination.
- Doctors recorded the tussive force of each cough.
- A tussive reflex helps clear the airway.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TUSSIVE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in TUSSIVE
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Common questions about TUSSIVE
- Is TUSSIVE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts TUSSIVE, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is TUSSIVE worth?
- TUSSIVE is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TUSSIVE mean?
- Relating to or caused by coughing.
- What letters can be added to TUSSIVE?
- No single letter can be added to TUSSIVE to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of TUSSIVE:
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