acquisitive
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 25
- Words With Friends
- 28
- Letters
- 11
/əˈkwɪzətɪv/
Definition of acquisitive
3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
adj
- (obsolete)Acquired.
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adj
- (obsolete)Acquired.
-
Able or disposed to make acquisitions; acquiring, greedy.
“He is an acquisitive person.”
“She has an acquisitive nature.”
- Dispositioned toward acquiring and retaining information.
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From an alteration of Latin acquisītus (“acquired, gained”), or possibly from acquisite + -ive.
Words you can make from acquisitive
200+ playable · top: QIVIUTS (19 pts)
Best play qiviuts 19 points9-letter words
1 word8-letter words
2 words7-letter words
6 words6-letter words
20 words5-letter words
44 words- QUAIS 14 pts
- QUASI 14 pts
- QUATE 14 pts
- QUEST 14 pts
- QUIET 14 pts
- QUITE 14 pts
- QUITS 14 pts
- SQUAT 14 pts
- CAVES 10 pts
- CAVIE 10 pts
- CIVET 10 pts
- CIVIE 10 pts
- EVICT 10 pts
- VATIC 10 pts
- VICES 10 pts
- IVIES 8 pts
- STAVE 8 pts
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- UVEAS 8 pts
- VATUS 8 pts
- VESTA 8 pts
- VISIT 8 pts
- VISTA 8 pts
- VITAE 8 pts
- ACUTE 7 pts
- CASTE 7 pts
- CATES 7 pts
- CAUSE 7 pts
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- CESTI 7 pts
- CITES 7 pts
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- CUTIE 7 pts
- CUTIS 7 pts
- ETICS 7 pts
- ICTUS 7 pts
- SAICE 7 pts
- SAUCE 7 pts
- SCUTA 7 pts
- SCUTE 7 pts
- TACES 7 pts
- ETUIS 5 pts
- SAUTE 5 pts
- SUITE 5 pts
4-letter words
63 words- QATS 13 pts
- QUAI 13 pts
- QUIT 13 pts
- CAVE 9 pts
- VACS 9 pts
- VICE 9 pts
- AVES 7 pts
- SAVE 7 pts
- TAVS 7 pts
- UVEA 7 pts
- VASE 7 pts
- VAST 7 pts
- VATS 7 pts
- VATU 7 pts
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- VISA 7 pts
- VISE 7 pts
- VITA 7 pts
- ACES 6 pts
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- ASCI 6 pts
- CASE 6 pts
- CAST 6 pts
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- CUES 6 pts
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- ETIC 6 pts
- ICES 6 pts
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- SCUT 6 pts
- SECT 6 pts
- SICE 6 pts
- TACE 6 pts
- TECS 6 pts
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- AITS 4 pts
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- ETAS 4 pts
- ETUI 4 pts
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- UTAS 4 pts
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3-letter words
57 words- QAT 12 pts
- QIS 12 pts
- QUA 12 pts
- SUQ 12 pts
- VAC 8 pts
- AVE 6 pts
- SEV 6 pts
- TAV 6 pts
- VAS 6 pts
- VAT 6 pts
- VAU 6 pts
- VET 6 pts
- VIA 6 pts
- VIE 6 pts
- VIS 6 pts
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- CAT 5 pts
- CIS 5 pts
- CUE 5 pts
- CUT 5 pts
- ECU 5 pts
- ICE 5 pts
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- SEC 5 pts
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- TIC 5 pts
- AIS 3 pts
- AIT 3 pts
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- EAT 3 pts
- EAU 3 pts
- EST 3 pts
- ETA 3 pts
- ITS 3 pts
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- SAT 3 pts
- SAU 3 pts
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- TIE 3 pts
- TIS 3 pts
- TUI 3 pts
- USE 3 pts
- UTA 3 pts
- UTE 3 pts
- UTS 3 pts
2-letter words
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