Definition of prescriptive

"prescriptive" in the adjective sense

1. prescriptive, normative

pertaining to giving directives or rules

"prescriptive grammar is concerned with norms of or rules for correct usage"

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prescriptive in Scrabble®

The word prescriptive 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: 21

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Play In The Letters prescriptive:

PRESCRIPTIVE

(225)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (48 words)

crisper, peptise, percept, pervert, picrite, piercer, pierces, pieties, pitiers, precept, precise, pricers, pricier, receipt, recipes, reciter, recites, repipes, reprice, reprise, respect, respice, respire, respite, restive, retires, retries, reverts, reviser, revisit, rippers, riveter, scepter, sceptre, service, sievert, specter, spectre, spicier, stepper, stivier, striper, striver, tippers, tippier, tipsier, triceps, tripper

All Scrabble® Plays For The Word prescriptive

PRESCRIPTIVE

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PRESCRIPTIVE

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prescriptive in Words With Friends™

The word prescriptive 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: 25

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays In The Letters prescriptive:

PRESCRIPTIVE

(315)

PRESCRIPTIVE

(315)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (48 words)

All Words With Friends™ Plays For The Word prescriptive

PRESCRIPTIVE

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PRESCRIPTIVE

(315)

PRESCRIPTIVE

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PRESCRIPTIVE

(261)

PRESCRIPTIVE

(261)

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(210)

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PRESCRIPTIVE

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Words within the letters of prescriptive

2 letter words in prescriptive (5 words)

is it pe pi re

3 letter words in prescriptive (30 words)

cee cis err eve ice ire its pep per pet pie pip pis pit psi rev rip see set sic sip sir sit tee tic tie tip vee vet vie

4 letter words in prescriptive (56 words)

5 letter words in prescriptive (82 words)

6 letter words in prescriptive (67 words)

7 letter words in prescriptive (48 words)

8 letter words in prescriptive (27 words)

9 letter words in prescriptive (1 word)

prescript

12 letter words in prescriptive (1 word)

prescriptive

prescriptive + 2 blanks (1 word)

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Words containing the sequence prescriptive

Words that start with prescriptive (3 words)

prescriptive prescriptively prescriptiveness

Words with prescriptive in them (1 word)

prescriptive

Words that end with prescriptive (2 words)

nonprescriptive prescriptive

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Word Growth involving prescriptive

Shorter words in prescriptive

re rescript prescript

rip scrip script rescript prescript

Longer words containing prescriptive

nonprescriptive

prescriptively

prescriptiveness