The word retentive is a valid scrabble word

3 short excerpts of WikWik.org (WikWik is an online database of words defined in the English, French, Spanish, Italian, and other Wiktionnaries.)

  • retentive adj. Having power to retain.
  • retentive adj. (Slang, apocope) anal-retentive.
  • retentive n. (Obsolete) That which retains or confines; a restraint.

15 valid words from 3 definitions

ANAL APOCOPE CONFINES HAVING OBSOLETE OR POWER RESTRAINT RETAIN RETAINS RETENTIVE SLANG THAT TO WHICH

10 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word.)

EN ET ETEN RE RET RETE TE TEN TENT TI

7 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word.)

ER ET IT NE NET NETE TE

One cousin (New word found by changing only one letter.)

RESENTIVE

4 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

RETENTIVES RETENTIVELY RETENTIVENESS RETENTIVENESSES

One time in the middle (New word found by adding letters in front and at the end of the word.)

IRRETENTIVENESS

2 prefixes (New words found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)

IRRETENTIVE UNRETENTIVE

3 anagrams plus one (New words formed with all the letters from the word plus a letter.)

+A ENTREATIVE INVETERATE
+S RETENTIVES

2 anagrams minus one (New words formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

-V REINETTE TEENTIER

Scrabble scoring

  • 12 points.

Other languages

Categories without words

  • No anagrams (Word found by changing the order of the letters.)
  • No lipograms (Word found when removing only one letter.)
  • No epentheses (Word found when adding only one letter.)

Scrabble words — in black are valid world wide — in RED are not valid in North America — in GREEN are valid only in North America.

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