Definition of inventive

"inventive" in the adjective sense

1. imaginative, inventive

used of persons or artifacts) marked by independence and creativity in thought or action

"an imaginative use of material"

"the invention of the knitting frame by another ingenious English clergyman"- Lewis Mumford

"an ingenious device"

"had an inventive turn of mind"

"inventive ceramics"

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Quotations for inventive

Gunpowder makes all men alike tall.... Hereby at last is the Goliath powerless and the David resistless; savage animalism is nothing, inventive spiritualism is all. [ Carlyle ]

inventive in Scrabble®

The word inventive is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 15

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays In The Letters inventive:

INVENTIVE
(144)
INVENTIVE
(144)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (1 word)

invitee

 

All Scrabble® Plays For The Word inventive

INVENTIVE
(144)
INVENTIVE
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INVENTIVE
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(19)
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The 200 Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays For Words Using The Letters In inventive

INVENTIVE
(144)
INVENTIVE
(144)
INVENTIVE
(96)
INVENTIVE
(96)
INVITEE
(92 = 42 + 50)
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(74 = 24 + 50)
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(72 = 22 + 50)
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INVENTIVE
(64)
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(64 = 14 + 50)
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inventive in Words With Friends™

The word inventive is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 19

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Play In The Letters inventive:

INVENTIVE
(207)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (1 word)

invitee

 

All Words With Friends™ Plays For The Word inventive

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(126)
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(99)
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The 200 Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays Using The Letters In inventive

INVENTIVE
(207)
INVENTIVE
(126)
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(126)
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(99)
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(96)
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(84)
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INVENTIVE
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(69)
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Words within the letters of inventive

2 letter words in inventive (3 words)

3 letter words in inventive (11 words)

4 letter words in inventive (8 words)

5 letter words in inventive (3 words)

6 letter words in inventive (2 words)

7 letter words in inventive (1 word)

9 letter words in inventive (1 word)

inventive + 2 blanks (2 words)

Words containing the sequence inventive

Words that start with inventive (3 words)

Words with inventive in them (1 word)

Words that end with inventive (2 words)

Word Growth involving inventive

Shorter words in inventive

in invent

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Longer words containing inventive

inventively

inventiveness

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