communicative

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
24
Words With Friends
31
Letters
13
Pronunciation
/kəˈmjuː.nɪ.kə.tɪv/ (UK)
See all 4 pronunciations
/kəˈmjuː.nɪ.kə.tɪv/ (UK) · /kəˈmjuː.nə.keɪ.t̬ɪv/ (US) · /kəˈmjuː.nə.kə.t̬ɪv/ (US) · /kəˈmjunɪkeʈɪv/

Definition of communicative

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. Eager to communicate; talkative.
    “One of his attendants had found no little favour in the eyes of Alice, who expressed her suspicions that her mistress had some secret correspondence, for two reasons; first, to satisfy a naturally communicative temper—all common people are communicative: and secondly, in hopes of gaining such assistance as might ultimately gratify her own curiosity, now most uncomfortably excited.”
    “But inside the aquarium, riotously colored saltwater fish, schools of silvery piranhas, and even one seemingly communicative manta ray allow visitors to dream of worlds beyond a war that has made the land where the oceanic sanctuary sits a battle zone.”

Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

Etymology

From Middle French communicatif.

Words you can make from communicative

200+ playable · top: COMMUNICATE (19 pts)

Best play communicate 19 points

9-letter words

4 words

8-letter words

22 words

7-letter words

51 words

6-letter words

91 words

5-letter words

31 words

Find your best play with communicative

See every word you can make from a set of letters that includes communicative, or browse word lists you can mine for high-scoring plays.