What DIRECTIVES Means
DIRECTIVES is a form of DIRECTIVE, which means:
- noun: a pronouncement encouraging or banning some activity“the boss loves to send us directives”
- adjective: showing the way by conducting or leading; imposing direction on“felt his mother's directing arm around him”
Similar words
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
DIRECTIVES is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 16 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as D2 I1 R1 E1 C3 T1 I1 V4 E1 S1.
Anagrams of DIRECTIVES (1)
Same letters, different order. Any of these plays the same tiles for the same score.
Words Made From The Letters In DIRECTIVES
506 shorter words come out of these tiles. On a board that matters more than the long play, because a short word on a premium square often beats a long one on plain squares.
9 letter words (3)
8 letter words (18)
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7 letter words (57)
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6 letter words (104)
CEDERSCERISECERITECERTESCERTIECERVIDCIDERSCISTEDCITERSCITIEDCITIESCIVETSCIVIESCREDITCREEDSDECEITDEICERDEICESDERIVEDESERTDESIREDETERSDEVESTDEVICEDEVISEDICERSDICIERDIETERDIRECTDIRESTDIVERSDIVERTDIVESTDRICESDRIESTDRIVESEDICTSEIDERSERECTSEVERTSEVICTSEVITEDEVITESICIESTIRIDESIRISEDRECITERECITSREEDITREIVEDREIVESRESECTRESIDERESITERESTEDRETIEDRETIESREVESTREVETSREVIEDREVIESREVISERIEVESRIVETSSCREEDSCREETSCRIEDSCRIVESECRETSERVEDSIEVEDSTERICSTERVESTIEVESTIREDSTIVEDSTIVERSTRIDESTRIVETEDIERTEIIDSTERCESTIDIERTIDIESTIERCETIEREDTREVISTRICEDTRICESVERDETVERDITVERISTVERITEVERSEDVERSETVERSTEVERTEDVESTEDVISCIDVISEEDVISIEDVISIERVISITEVITRIC
5 letter words (135)
CEDERCEDESCEDISCEREDCERESCERTSCESTICETESCIDERCIDESCIRESCITEDCITERCITESCIVESCIVETCIVIECREDSCREEDCREESCRESTCRIEDCRIESCRISECRITSDEERSDEETSDEEVSDEICEDEISTDERESDERVSDETERDICERDICESDICTSDIETSDIRTSDISCIDITESDIVERDIVESDIVISDREESDRESTDRICEDRIESDRIVEEDICTEDITSEIDERERECTEREVSERICSESTEREVERTEVETSEVICTEVITEICERSICIERIDEESIRIDSIVIEDIVIESRECITRECTIREDESREEDSREESTREISTREIVERESETRESIDRESITRETIEREVETREVIERICEDRICESRIDESRIEVERITESRIVEDRIVESRIVETSCREESEDERSEREDSERICSERVESEVERSIDERSIEVESIREDSIREESITEDSIVERSTEDESTEEDSTEERSTERESTIEDSTIRESTIVETEERSTEIIDTERCETERESTERSETICEDTICESTIDESTIERSTIREDTIRESTREEDTREESTRICETRIDETRIEDTRIESVEERSVERSEVERSTVERTSVICEDVICESVIERSVIREDVIRESVIRIDVISEDVISIEVISIT
4 letter words (121)
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3 letter words (53)
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2 letter words (15)
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