What EXTRACTIVE Means
- adjective: involving the removal of substances from the ground“most of the skeptics in the geology community are either older or employed in the extractive industries”
- adjective: of a capitalist system that prioritizes short-term profit over long-term sustainability“On the other hand, if extractive political institutions are implemented, then power will be consolidated within a small number of groups”
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
EXTRACTIVE is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 22 in Scrabble and 23 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as E1 X8 T1 R1 A1 C3 T1 I1 V4 E1.
Words Made From The Letters In EXTRACTIVE
277 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 (1)
8 letter words (3)
7 letter words (19)
ARIETTEATRETICAVIETTECATTIERCAVETTICITRATEEVIRATEEVITATEEXACTEREXCITEREXCRETAEXTATICEXTRACTEXTRAITEXTREATITERATETAIVERTTECTRIXTIERCET
6 letter words (29)
ACTIVEATTIRECATTIECAVIERCERATECERITECERTIECERVIXCREATEECARTEEXCITERATITERECITETAIVERTAVERTTAXITETERCETTERTIATEXTERTIERCETIETACTREVETTRIACTTRIVETVATTERVERITEVERTEXVETTERVITTAE
5 letter words (78)
AERIEAIVERAREICARETEARETTARTICATTICAVERTAXITECARETCAREXCARTECARVECATERCAVERCAVIECERIACITERCIVETCRATECRAVEEATERERECTERICAEVERTEVICTEVITEEXACTEXEATEXERTEXTRAIRATEREACTREATEREAVERECITRECTARECTIREIVERETAXRETIARETIEREVETREVIERIEVERIVETTACETTACITTATERTATIETAVERTAXERTECTATERAITERCETETRATETRITITERTITRETRACETRACTTRAITTRAVETREATTRIACTRICETRITEVAIREVARECVARIXVATICVEXERVICARVITAEVITEXVITTAVRAICXERIC
4 letter words (72)
ACERACREAIRTARETARTIAVERCARECARTCATECAVECERECERTCETECIRECITECIVECREECRIACRITEAVEEREVERICETATETICEVEREVETEXECEXITICERRACERAITRATERAVERETERICERITERITTRIVARIVETACETACTTAITTARETARTTATETAXITEARTEATTEERTETETEXTTIARTICETIERTIRETITETRATTREETRETTRIEVAIRVAREVEERVERAVERTVEXTVIAEVICEVIERVIREVITAVITE
3 letter words (59)
ACEACTAIRAITARCAREARTATEATTAVEAXECARCATCEECITEAREATERAEREETAEVEICEIREITARAIRATRAVRAXRECREEREIRETREVREXRIARITTAETAITARTATTAVTAXTEATECTEETETTEXTICTIETIXVACVAEVARVATVEEVETVEXVIAVIE
2 letter words (16)
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