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substantive

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Is substantive a Scrabble word?

Yes, substantive is a valid Scrabble word! Worth 16 points in Scrabble.

Word Games

  • Scrabble US/Canada (OTCWL) Yes
  • Scrabble UK (SOWPODS) Yes
  • Wordle No
  • Words With Friends Yes

What is the meaning of substantive?

Definition

adj (English)

1. Of the essence or essential element of a thing.Examples: "Substantive editing is never trivial, whereas some aspects of copyediting are trivial."; "substantive changes made by the lawyers"Synonyms: essential, in essencebroadly

2. (law) Applying to essential legal principles and rules of right.Examples: "substantive law"Antonyms: adjective, procedural

3. (chemistry, of a dye) Not needing the use of a mordant to be made fast to that which is being dyed.Antonyms: adjective

4. (grammar) Of or pertaining to a substantive.Synonyms: substantival

5. (military, of a rank or appointment) Actually and legally held, as distinct from an acting, temporary or honorary rank or appointment

noun (English)

1. (grammar) Ellipsis of noun substantive or substantive noun, a noun or a group of words (a noun phrase) that act as a noun (in a sentence).Examples: "The Dutch verb beelden and substantive beelding signify form-giving, creation, and by extension image—as do gestalten and Gestaltung in German, where Neo-Plastic[ism] is translated as Die neue Gestaltung."Synonyms: noun, noun substantiveabbreviationalt-ofellipsis

verb (English)

1. (grammar, very rare) To make a word belonging to another part of speech into a substantive (that is, a noun) or use it as a noun.Synonyms: substantivize, nominalizerare

Definition source: Wiktionary

What Scrabble words can I make with the letters in "substantive"?

How many Scrabble points is the word "substantive"?

Scrabble
16 points
S1
U1
B3
S1
T1
A1
N1
T1
I1
V4
E1
Words With Friends
20 points
S1
U2
B4
S1
T1
A1
N2
T1
I1
V4
E1

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