Definition of speculative

"speculative" in the adjective sense

1. bad, risky, high-risk, speculative

not financially safe or secure

"a bad investment"

"high risk investments"

"anything that promises to pay too much can't help being risky"

"speculative business enterprises"

2. notional, speculative

not based on fact or investigation

"a notional figure of cost helps in determining production costs"

"speculative knowledge"

3. inquisitive, speculative, questioning, wondering

showing curiosity

"if someone saw a man climbing a light post they might get inquisitive"

"raised a speculative eyebrow"

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Quotations for speculative

A speculative despair is unpardonable where it is our duty to act. [ Burke ]

Equality is deemed by many a mere speculative chimera, which can never be reduced to practice. But if the abuse is inevitable, does it follow that we ought not to try at least to mitigate it? It is precisely because the force of things tends always to destroy equality that the force of the legislature must always tend to maintain it. [ Rousseau ]

speculative in Scrabble®

The word speculative 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: 18

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Play In The Letters speculative:

SPECULATIVE
(189)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (43 words)

actives, alecups, aplites, aseptic, auletes, auspice, caplets, capsule, captive, castile, cleaves, cuspate, eclipse, elastic, elative, eluates, elusive, epaulet, epistle, estival, euclase, evilest, laciest, leucite, lucites, pelites, pilates, plastic, plicate, pulsate, special, specula, spicate, spicula, spicule, stipula, stipule, sulcate, teacups, upscale, vesical, vesicle, victual

 

All Scrabble® Plays For The Word speculative

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

SPECULATIVE
(189)
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speculative in Words With Friends™

The word speculative 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: 23

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

SPECULATIVE
(315)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (43 words)

actives, alecups, aplites, aseptic, auletes, auspice, caplets, capsule, captive, castile, cleaves, cuspate, eclipse, elastic, elative, eluates, elusive, epaulet, epistle, estival, euclase, evilest, laciest, leucite, lucites, pelites, pilates, plastic, plicate, pulsate, special, specula, spicate, spicula, spicule, stipula, stipule, sulcate, teacups, upscale, vesical, vesicle, victual

 

All Words With Friends™ Plays For The Word speculative

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

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Words within the letters of speculative

2 letter words in speculative (13 words)

9 letter words in speculative (4 words)

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11 letter words in speculative (1 word)

speculative + 2 blanks (1 word)

Words containing the sequence speculative

Words that start with speculative (2 words)

Words with speculative in them (3 words)

Words that end with speculative (2 words)

Word Growth involving speculative

Shorter words in speculative

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Longer words containing speculative

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