The word motive 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.)

  • motive n. (Obsolete) An idea or communication that makes one want to act, especially from spiritual sources; a divine prompting.
  • motive n. An incentive to act in a particular way; a reason or emotion that makes one want to do something; anything…
  • motive n. (Obsolete, rare) A limb or other bodily organ that can move.

33 valid words from 3 definitions

ACT AN ANYTHING BODILY CAN COMMUNICATION DIVINE DO EMOTION ESPECIALLY FROM IDEA IN INCENTIVE LIMB MAKES MOVE OBSOLETE ONE OR ORGAN OTHER PARTICULAR PROMPTING RARE REASON SOMETHING SOURCES SPIRITUAL THAT TO WANT WAY

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

MO MOT MOTI TI

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

IT OM TO TOM

2 cousins (New words found by changing only one letter.)

MOTILE VOTIVE

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

MOTIVED MOTIVES MOTIVELESS MOTIVELESSLY MOTIVELESSNESS

9 times in the middle (New words found by adding letters in front and at the end of the word.)

EMOTIVELY UNMOTIVED EMOTIVENESS LOCOMOTIVES LOCOMOTIVELY EMOTIVENESSES PROMOTIVENESS LOCOMOTIVENESS PROMOTIVENESSES

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

EMOTIVE PROMOTIVE AUTOMOTIVE LOCOMOTIVE TERREMOTIVE ELECTROMOTIVE MAGNETOMOTIVE NONAUTOMOTIVE

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

+B BEVOMIT
+C VICOMTE
+D MOTIVED VOMITED
+E EMOTIVE
+R VOMITER
+S MOTIVES

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

-E VOMIT
-T MOVIE

Scrabble scoring

  • 11 points.

Probability in scrabble (Probability to draw 7 letters at the beginning of the game to build the word.)

  • Joker allowed, 1 in 1713 chance (0.06%).
  • Joker not allowed, 1 in 8212 chance (0.01%).

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  • 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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