inceptive
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 16
- Words With Friends
- 20
- Letters
- 9
/ɪnˈsɛptɪv/
(US)
Definition of inceptive
3 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
adj
- Beginning; of or relating to inception.
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adj
- Beginning; of or relating to inception.
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Aspectually inflected to show that the action is beginning.
“The inceptive aspect is often translated into English as "to start [doing something]".”
noun
- An inceptive construction.
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
Borrowed from French inceptif, from the Latin inceptīvus, from incipiō (“to begin”).
Words you can make from inceptive
86 playable · top: EVINCE (11 pts)
Best play evince 11 points7-letter words
1 word6-letter words
8 words5-letter words
11 words4-letter words
29 words- VEEP 9 pts
- VICE 9 pts
- CEPE 8 pts
- EPIC 8 pts
- PICE 8 pts
- EVEN 7 pts
- NEVE 7 pts
- NEVI 7 pts
- VEIN 7 pts
- VENT 7 pts
- VINE 7 pts
- CENT 6 pts
- CETE 6 pts
- CINE 6 pts
- CITE 6 pts
- ETIC 6 pts
- NEEP 6 pts
- NICE 6 pts
- PEEN 6 pts
- PEIN 6 pts
- PENT 6 pts
- PINE 6 pts
- PINT 6 pts
- TIPI 6 pts
- INTI 4 pts
- NITE 4 pts
- TEEN 4 pts
- TEIN 4 pts
- TINE 4 pts
3-letter words
27 words2-letter words
9 wordsHooks
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