Definition of subtractive

"subtractive" in the adjective sense

1. subtractive

constituting or involving subtraction

"a subtractive correction"

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subtractive in Scrabble®

The word subtractive 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® Plays In The Letters subtractive:

SUBTRACTIVE
(171)
SUBTRACTIVE
(171)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (55 words)

abusive, abutter, activer, actives, acutest, artiest, ascribe, astuter, attires, baiters, barites, batters, battier, becrust, bitrate, bitters, bravest, brucite, bursate, bustier, butters, butties, cattier, cauters, citrate, cristae, curates, cursive, cutrate, cutters, iratest, raciest, ratbite, rebaits, revuist, saucier, scatter, situate, statice, stative, stature, striate, subrace, subvert, tastier, terabit, tribute, trisect, trivets, uricase, varices, veritas, vibrate, virtues, viscera

 

All Scrabble® Plays For The Word subtractive

SUBTRACTIVE
(171)
SUBTRACTIVE
(171)
SUBTRACTIVE
(114)
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(22)
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(21)

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

SUBTRACTIVE
(171)
SUBTRACTIVE
(171)
SUBTRACTIVE
(114)
SUBTRACTIVE
(114)
SUBVERT
(98 = 48 + 50)
VARICES
(98 = 48 + 50)
VIBRATE
(98 = 48 + 50)
SUBVERT
(98 = 48 + 50)
BRAVEST
(98 = 48 + 50)
SUBVERT
(98 = 48 + 50)
BRAVEST
(98 = 48 + 50)
CURSIVE
(98 = 48 + 50)
ACTIVER
(98 = 48 + 50)
ABUSIVE
(98 = 48 + 50)
VISCERA
(98 = 48 + 50)
CURSIVE
(98 = 48 + 50)
ACTIVER
(98 = 48 + 50)
VISCERA
(98 = 48 + 50)
VARICES
(98 = 48 + 50)
BRAVEST
(98 = 48 + 50)
ACTIVES
(98 = 48 + 50)
ABUSIVE
(98 = 48 + 50)
ACTIVES
(98 = 48 + 50)
VIBRATE
(98 = 48 + 50)
VISCERA
(95 = 45 + 50)
ABUSIVE
(95 = 45 + 50)
BRAVEST
(95 = 45 + 50)
SUBVERT
(95 = 45 + 50)
VIBRATE
(95 = 45 + 50)
ACTIVER
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VISCERA
(95 = 45 + 50)
ACTIVES
(95 = 45 + 50)
VARICES
(95 = 45 + 50)
CURSIVE
(95 = 45 + 50)
ASCRIBE
(94 = 44 + 50)
SUBRACE
(94 = 44 + 50)
BRUCITE
(94 = 44 + 50)
BECRUST
(94 = 44 + 50)
BRUCITE
(92 = 42 + 50)
VERITAS
(92 = 42 + 50)
ASCRIBE
(92 = 42 + 50)
BECRUST
(92 = 42 + 50)
BECRUST
(92 = 42 + 50)
VIRTUES
(92 = 42 + 50)
SUBRACE
(92 = 42 + 50)
STATIVE
(92 = 42 + 50)
REVUIST
(92 = 42 + 50)
BRUCITE
(92 = 42 + 50)
TRIVETS
(92 = 42 + 50)
ASCRIBE
(92 = 42 + 50)
TRIVETS
(92 = 42 + 50)
SUBRACE
(92 = 42 + 50)
BRUCITE
(92 = 42 + 50)
ACTIVER
(90 = 40 + 50)
ACTIVES
(90 = 40 + 50)
ABUSIVE
(90 = 40 + 50)
REVUIST
(90 = 40 + 50)
STATIVE
(90 = 40 + 50)
CURSIVE
(90 = 40 + 50)
VIRTUES
(90 = 40 + 50)
VERITAS
(90 = 40 + 50)
TRIVETS
(90 = 40 + 50)
VIBRATE
(89 = 39 + 50)
VIBRATE
(89 = 39 + 50)
ABUSIVE
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VIBRATE
(89 = 39 + 50)
VIBRATE
(89 = 39 + 50)
CURSIVE
(89 = 39 + 50)
BRAVEST
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SUBVERT
(89 = 39 + 50)
CURSIVE
(89 = 39 + 50)
VIBRATE
(89 = 39 + 50)
VISCERA
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SUBVERT
(89 = 39 + 50)
BRAVEST
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CURSIVE
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VISCERA
(89 = 39 + 50)
CURSIVE
(89 = 39 + 50)
CURSIVE
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ABUSIVE
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VISCERA
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VIBRATE
(89 = 39 + 50)
CURSIVE
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ACTIVES
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ABUSIVE
(89 = 39 + 50)
ACTIVER
(89 = 39 + 50)
SUBVERT
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ACTIVES
(89 = 39 + 50)
ACTIVER
(89 = 39 + 50)
BRAVEST
(89 = 39 + 50)
ACTIVER
(89 = 39 + 50)
VARICES
(89 = 39 + 50)
ACTIVER
(89 = 39 + 50)
VARICES
(89 = 39 + 50)
SUBVERT
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ACTIVER
(89 = 39 + 50)
ACTIVER
(89 = 39 + 50)
BRAVEST
(89 = 39 + 50)
VARICES
(89 = 39 + 50)
VARICES
(89 = 39 + 50)
VARICES
(89 = 39 + 50)
VARICES
(89 = 39 + 50)
ACTIVES
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VISCERA
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VISCERA
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BRAVEST
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ABUSIVE
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ABUSIVE
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ACTIVES
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ACTIVES
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SUBVERT
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ACTIVES
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ABUSIVE
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VIBRATE
(88 = 38 + 50)
SUBTRACTIVE
(88)
BATTIER
(86 = 36 + 50)
ABUTTER
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STATICE
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TRISECT
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ABUSIVE
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VISCERA
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CRISTAE
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BRAVEST
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BATTERS
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VIBRATE
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TERABIT
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ABUSIVE
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BATTIER
(86 = 36 + 50)
BURSATE
(86 = 36 + 50)
BUSTIER
(86 = 36 + 50)
BECRUST
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TERABIT
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SAUCIER
(86 = 36 + 50)
CURATES
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CITRATE
(86 = 36 + 50)
SCATTER
(86 = 36 + 50)
ACTIVER
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BITRATE
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RACIEST
(86 = 36 + 50)
ACTIVES
(86 = 36 + 50)
BECRUST
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ASCRIBE
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CURSIVE
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CURATES
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SCATTER
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BECRUST
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BITTERS
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BITTERS
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BECRUST
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ACTIVES
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RATBITE
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ACTIVER
(86 = 36 + 50)
BARITES
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TRISECT
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BECRUST
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REVUIST
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BITRATE
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BATTERS
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BURSATE
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SUBVERT
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STATICE
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URICASE
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SUBVERT
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CATTIER
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ASCRIBE
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CATTIER
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URICASE
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CUTRATE
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BUTTERS
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BARITES
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RACIEST
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BUTTIES
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ASCRIBE
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SUBRACE
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BUTTIES
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BECRUST
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BUTTERS
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ASCRIBE
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BRUCITE
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RATBITE
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CAUTERS
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BAITERS
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VARICES
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BRUCITE
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REBAITS
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CUTTERS
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BAITERS
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BRUCITE
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BRUCITE
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ASCRIBE
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RATBITE
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ASCRIBE
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CUTTERS
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subtractive in Words With Friends™

The word subtractive 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: 22

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

SUBTRACTIVE
(288)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (55 words)

abusive, abutter, activer, actives, acutest, artiest, ascribe, astuter, attires, baiters, barites, batters, battier, becrust, bitrate, bitters, bravest, brucite, bursate, bustier, butters, butties, cattier, cauters, citrate, cristae, curates, cursive, cutrate, cutters, iratest, raciest, ratbite, rebaits, revuist, saucier, scatter, situate, statice, stative, stature, striate, subrace, subvert, tastier, terabit, tribute, trisect, trivets, uricase, varices, veritas, vibrate, virtues, viscera

 

All Words With Friends™ Plays For The Word subtractive

SUBTRACTIVE
(288)
SUBTRACTIVE
(234)
SUBTRACTIVE
(234)
SUBTRACTIVE
(144)
SUBTRACTIVE
(144)
SUBTRACTIVE
(108)
SUBTRACTIVE
(104)
SUBTRACTIVE
(96)
SUBTRACTIVE
(96)
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(96)
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(96)
SUBTRACTIVE
(92)
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(88)
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(88)
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(88)
SUBTRACTIVE
(76)
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(72)
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(68)
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(64)
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(56)
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(52)
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SUBTRACTIVE
(44)
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(32)
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(29)
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(26)
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(26)
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(26)
SUBTRACTIVE
(25)

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

SUBTRACTIVE
(288)
SUBTRACTIVE
(234)
SUBTRACTIVE
(234)
SUBTRACTIVE
(144)
SUBTRACTIVE
(144)
VIBRATE
(131 = 96 + 35)
BECRUST
(125 = 90 + 35)
SUBVERT
(122 = 87 + 35)
CURSIVE
(116 = 81 + 35)
ABUSIVE
(116 = 81 + 35)
SUBVERT
(116 = 81 + 35)
BRUCITE
(113 = 78 + 35)
BRAVEST
(113 = 78 + 35)
VISCERA
(113 = 78 + 35)
ACTIVER
(113 = 78 + 35)
ACTIVES
(113 = 78 + 35)
BRAVEST
(113 = 78 + 35)
VARICES
(113 = 78 + 35)
CURSIVE
(110 = 75 + 35)
SUBVERT
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ABUSIVE
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SUBVERT
(110 = 75 + 35)
ABUSIVE
(110 = 75 + 35)
SUBVERT
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CURSIVE
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SUBTRACTIVE
(108)
VISCERA
(107 = 72 + 35)
BRUCITE
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VARICES
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VIRTUES
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ACTIVER
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BRAVEST
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VISCERA
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BRAVEST
(107 = 72 + 35)
BRAVEST
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VISCERA
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VARICES
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REVUIST
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BRUCITE
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SUBRACE
(107 = 72 + 35)
VIBRATE
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ACTIVES
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SUBRACE
(107 = 72 + 35)
ABUSIVE
(104 = 69 + 35)
CURSIVE
(104 = 69 + 35)
STATIVE
(104 = 69 + 35)
ASCRIBE
(104 = 69 + 35)
SUBTRACTIVE
(104)
ASCRIBE
(104 = 69 + 35)
TRIVETS
(104 = 69 + 35)
TRIVETS
(104 = 69 + 35)
VERITAS
(104 = 69 + 35)
CAUTERS
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ACTIVER
(101 = 66 + 35)
VISCERA
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VISCERA
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ACTIVES
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BRAVEST
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BRUCITE
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VIRTUES
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BECRUST
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BRUCITE
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SUBRACE
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BRUCITE
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CURSIVE
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BURSATE
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ABUSIVE
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TRIBUTE
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SAUCIER
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BUSTIER
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ACUTEST
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URICASE
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URICASE
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SAUCIER
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TRIVETS
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STATIVE
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BUTTIES
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ABUTTER
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CUTTERS
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CURATES
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TRIBUTE
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CUTRATE
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ASCRIBE
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VERITAS
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TRIVETS
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SUBTRACTIVE
(96)
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(96)
SUBTRACTIVE
(96)
SUBTRACTIVE
(96)
BITRATE
(95 = 60 + 35)
RATBITE
(95 = 60 + 35)
TERABIT
(95 = 60 + 35)
BECRUST
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CATTIER
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ABUSIVE
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CURSIVE
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SUBVERT
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STATICE
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BAITERS
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ABUSIVE
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TRISECT
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CRISTAE
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CITRATE
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RATBITE
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BATTIER
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ABUSIVE
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REBAITS
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BARITES
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BITTERS
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SCATTER
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SUBVERT
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SUBRACE
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CAVERS
(93)
CIVETS
(93)
VICARS
(93)
SAUCIER
(92 = 57 + 35)
CUTTERS
(92 = 57 + 35)
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(92)
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TRIBUTE
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CUTRATE
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BURSATE
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BUTTERS
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CAUTERS
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SAUCIER
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SUBVERT
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ACUTEST
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URICASE
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SUBVERT
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BUTTIES
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URICASE
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ABUTTER
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TRIBUTE
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BECRUST
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VIBRATE
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ACTIVES
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VARICES
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ACTIVES
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ACTIVES
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ACTIVER
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ACTIVER
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ACTIVER
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BECRUST
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BRUCITE
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VARICES
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VIBRATE
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VISCERA
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SUBRACE
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VISCERA
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VIBRATE
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SCATTER
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BRUCITE
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BECRUST
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BARITES
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BITTERS
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BITRATE
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RATBITE
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SUBRACE
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VIBRATE
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VISCERA
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CATTIER
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ACTIVES
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ACTIVER
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BATTERS
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STATICE
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ACTIVER
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RATBITE
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VIRTUES
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REVUIST
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SUBRACE
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TRISECT
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VARICES
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REVUIST
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Words within the letters of subtractive

2 letter words in subtractive (11 words)

9 letter words in subtractive (4 words)

11 letter words in subtractive (1 word)

subtractive + 2 blanks (1 word)

Words containing the sequence subtractive

Words that start with subtractive (2 words)

Words with subtractive in them (2 words)

Words that end with subtractive (2 words)

Word Growth involving subtractive

Shorter words in subtractive

act active

sub subtract

act tract subtract

Longer words containing subtractive

nonsubtractive nonsubtractively

subtractively nonsubtractively