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Definition of receptive

"receptive" in the adjective sense

1. receptive

open to arguments, ideas, or change

"receptive to reason and the logic of facts"

2. receptive, open

ready or willing to receive favorably

"receptive to the proposals"

3. centripetal, receptive, sensory

of a nerve fiber or impulse originating outside and passing toward the central nervous system

"sensory neurons"

4. receptive

able to absorb liquid (not repellent

"the paper is ink-receptive"

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Quotations for receptive

Great genial power consists in being altogether receptive. [ Ralph Waldo Emerson ]

There is always the possibility of beauty where there is an unsealed human eye; of music where there is an unstopped human ear; and of inspiration where there is a receptive human spirit, a spirit standing before. [ C. H. Parkhurst ]

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receptive in Scrabble®

The word receptive 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: 16

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays In The Letters receptive:

RECEPTIVE

(153)

RECEPTIVE

(153)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (3 words)

evictee, receipt, receive

All Scrabble® Plays For The Word receptive

RECEPTIVE

(153)

RECEPTIVE

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RECEPTIVE

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The 200 Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays For Words Using The Letters In receptive

RECEPTIVE

(153)

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RECEPTIVE

(102)

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EVICTEE

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receptive in Words With Friends™

The word receptive 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 receptive:

RECEPTIVE

(207)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (3 words)

evictee, receipt, receive

All Words With Friends™ Plays For The Word receptive

RECEPTIVE

(207)

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(126)

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The 200 Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays Using The Letters In receptive

RECEPTIVE

(207)

EVICTEE

(131 = 96 + 35)

RECEPTIVE

(126)

RECEPTIVE

(126)

RECEIVE

(113 = 78 + 35)

EVICTEE

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RECEPTIVE

(105)

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(101 = 66 + 35)

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(98 = 63 + 35)

RECEPTIVE

(96)

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(93)

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(87)

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TRICEP

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PEEVER

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(58)

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VEER

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Words within the letters of receptive

2 letter words in receptive (4 words)

it pe pi re

3 letter words in receptive (17 words)

cee eve ice ire per pet pie pit rev rip tee tic tie tip vee vet vie

4 letter words in receptive (19 words)

cere cite epic ever icer peer pert pier rice ripe rite rive terp tier tire tree trip veer vice

5 letter words in receptive (22 words)

citer civet creep crepe crept eerie erect evert evict evite peeve peter piece price reeve reice retee retie rivet tepee tripe viper

6 letter words in receptive (5 words)

peever pierce recipe recite tricep

7 letter words in receptive (3 words)

evictee receipt receive

8 letter words in receptive (2 words)

erective perceive

9 letter words in receptive (1 word)

receptive

receptive + 1 blank (4 words)

perceptive perfective preceptive respective

receptive + 2 blanks (6 words)

deprecative persecutive perspective preelective receptively unreceptive

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Words containing the sequence receptive

Words that start with receptive (3 words)

receptive receptively receptiveness

Words with receptive in them (3 words)

receptive preceptively unreceptively

Words that end with receptive (8 words)

chemoreceptive electroreceptive mechanoreceptive nonreceptive photoreceptive preceptive receptive unreceptive

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Word Growth involving receptive

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chemoreceptive

electroreceptive

mechanoreceptive

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photoreceptive

preceptive preceptively

receptively preceptively

receptively unreceptively

receptiveness

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