Is PASSIVE a word?
PASSIVE is a valid word in Scrabble and Words With Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words With Friends, has 7 letters, and can be rearranged into 3 other words, plus 60 shorter words built from the same letters.
Yes, PASSIVE is a valid word.
What does passive mean?
noun: the voice used to indicate that the grammatical subject of the verb is the recipient (not the source) of the action denoted by the verb.
“`The ball was thrown by the boy' uses the passive voice”
Definition from WordNet, Princeton University.
PASSIVE: word details
- Pronunciation: PA-sihv (approx., 2 syllables)
- Length: 7 letters, a medium-length word. It is one of 33,192 7-letter words in our dictionary.
- Scrabble: worth 12 points on the tiles.
- Words With Friends: worth 14 points on the tiles.
- Games: recognised in the combined word list Unscrambly uses for Scrabble and Words With Friends. Acceptance in official tournament lists (TWL, SOWPODS) can vary.
Anagrams of passive
Shorter words inside passive
Words you can make from the letters of passive.
Solve a whole rack, not just PASSIVE
PASSIVE is one word. If you are holding tiles rather than looking up a single entry, the Scrabble word finder ranks every play from your rack by points, and the Words With Friends solver scores the same letters with WWF values instead, which changes the order of the list.
Frequently asked questions
What does PASSIVE mean?
PASSIVE is a noun. It means: the voice used to indicate that the grammatical subject of the verb is the recipient (not the source) of the action denoted by the verb.
Is PASSIVE a valid word?
Yes, PASSIVE is a valid word. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words With Friends.
Unscrambly validity is based on a large open English word list used across word games. Word acceptance varies by the exact tournament dictionary in use.