Is SELECTIVE a word?
SELECTIVE is a valid word in Scrabble and Words With Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words With Friends, has 9 letters, and can be rearranged into 2 other words, plus 60 shorter words built from the same letters.
Yes, SELECTIVE is a valid word.
What does selective mean?
adjective: tending to select; characterized by careful choice.
“an exceptionally quick and selective reader”
Definition from WordNet, Princeton University.
SELECTIVE: word details
- Pronunciation: suh-LEHK-tihv (approx., 3 syllables)
- Length: 9 letters, a long word. It is one of 41,139 9-letter words in our dictionary.
- Scrabble: worth 14 points on the tiles.
- Words With Friends: worth 17 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 selective
Shorter words inside selective
Words you can make from the letters of selective.
Solve a whole rack, not just SELECTIVE
SELECTIVE 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 SELECTIVE mean?
SELECTIVE is a adjective. It means: tending to select; characterized by careful choice.
Is SELECTIVE a valid word?
Yes, SELECTIVE is a valid word. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 17 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.