What FORMATIVE Means
- adjective: capable of forming new cells and tissues“a formative zone in developing bone”
- adjective: forming or capable of forming or molding or fashioning“a formative influence”
- noun: minimal language unit that has a syntactic (or morphological) function
Similar words
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
FORMATIVE is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 17 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as F4 O1 R1 M3 A1 T1 I1 V4 E1.
Words Made From The Letters In FORMATIVE
356 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.
8 letter words (2)
7 letter words (7)
6 letter words (17)
AMORETFAITORFEMORAFOAMERFOMITEFORMATFREMITIMARETMAFTIRMATIERMOTIERMOTIVEOATIEROMERTATAIVERTREIFAVIATOR
5 letter words (78)
AFIREAFOREAFRITAFTERAIMERAIVERAMORTAMOVEAMRITARIOTARMETAVERTFAVERFAVORFEARTFERIAFERMIFETORFIVERFORAMFORMEFORTEFOVEAFRAIMFRAMEFRATEFRATIFREITIFTARIRATEMAIREMATERMAVIEMERITMETIFMETROMITERMITREMOIRAMOIREMORAEMORATMORIAMOTIFMOVERMOVIEOATEROFTERORATEOVATEOVERTRAMETRAMIERATIOREFITREMITRETIARIFTERIMAERIVETROATETAMERTAVERTERAITIMERTOMIATRAVETREFATREIFTREMATROVEVAIREVIREOVITAEVOEMAVOMERVOMITVOTER
4 letter words (128)
AEROAFROAIRTAMIEAMIRARETARTIARVOATOMAVEREMIREMITFAIRFAMEFAREFARMFAROFARTFATEFAVEFEARFEATFERMFETAFIARFIATFIERFIREFIRMFIVEFOAMFORAFOREFORMFORTFRAEFRATFRETFRITFROEFROMIOTAITEMMAIRMAREMARTMATEMEATMERIMETAMIREMIROMIRVMITEMOAIMOATMOERMOITMORAMOREMORTMOTEMOTIMOVEOMEROMITORFEOVERRAFTRAITRAMIRATERATORAVEREAMREFTREIFRIEMRIFERIFTRIMARIMERIOTRITERIVARIVERIVOROAMROMAROTAROTEROTIROVETAMETARETAROTEAMTEARTERFTERMTIARTIERTIMETIRETIROTOEATOMETORATORETORITRAMTREFTRIETRIMTRIOVAIRVAREVERAVERTVETOVIAEVIERVIREVITAVITEVOARVOTEVROT
3 letter words (95)
AFTAIMAIRAITAMEAMIAREARFARMARTATEAVEAVOEAREATEFTEMFEMOERAERFERMETAEVOFAEFARFATFEMFERFETFIEFIRFITFOEFORFRAFROIREITAMAEMARMATMETMIRMOAMOEMOIMORMOTOAFOAROATOFTORAOREORFORTOVARAIRAMRATRAVREFREIREMREORETREVRIARIFRIMRITROEROMROTTAETAITAMTAOTARTAVTEATEFTIETOETOMTORVAEVARVATVETVIAVIEVIMVOEVOR
2 letter words (29)
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