What PROACTIVE Means
- adjective: descriptive of any event or stimulus or process that has an effect on events or stimuli or processes that occur subsequently“proactive inhibition”
- adjective: (of a policy or person or action) controlling a situation by causing something to happen rather than waiting to respond to it after it happens
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
PROACTIVE is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 16 in Scrabble and 18 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as P3 R1 O1 A1 C3 T1 I1 V4 E1.
Words Made From The Letters In PROACTIVE
421 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 (3)
7 letter words (15)
APRICOTAPROTICCAPTIVEECTOPIAEVICTOROVERACTOVERAPTOVERTIPPARETICPAROTICPATRICOPICRATEPIVOTERPRIVATEPTEROIC
6 letter words (41)
ACTIVEAORTICATOPICAVOCETCAPOTECAPTORCARPETCARTOPCAVIERCAVORTCOATERCOPIERCOPITACOPTERCORVETCOVERTOATIEROCTAVEOPIATEPACIERPAVIORPICAROPICOTEPIRATEPOETICPRATIEPREACTPRIVETPROTEAPROTEIPTERIARECOATTAIVERTERCIOTOECAPTRICEPTROPICVECTORVIATORVICTORVOICER
5 letter words (110)
ACTORAIVERAPERTAPORTAPTERAREICARIOTARTICATRIPAVERTCAPERCAPOTCARETCARPICARTECARVECATERCAVERCAVIECERIACITERCIVETCOAPTCOATECOATICOPERCOPRACORIACOVERCOVETCRAPECRATECRAVECREPTCRIPEEPACTERICAEVICTIRATEOATEROCREAOPERAOPTEROPTICORATEOVATEOVERTPACERPAIREPAREOPAREVPARTIPARVEPARVOPATERPATIOPAVERPEARTPERAIPETARPETRIPICOTPICRAPIERTPIETAPIVOTPORAEPORTAPOTAEPRATEPRICEPROVERATIOREACTRECAPRECITRECTARECTIRECTOREPOTRETIARIVETROATETAPERTAPIRTAROCTAVERTERAITOPERTOPICTORICTRACETRAPETRAVETRIACTRICETRIPETROPETROVEVAIREVAPORVARECVATICVICARVIPERVIREOVITAEVOICEVOTERVRAIC
4 letter words (132)
ACERACREAEROAIRTAPERARCOARETARTIARVOATOCATOPAVERCAPECAPICAPOCARECARPCARTCATECAVECEROCERTCIAOCIRECITECITOCIVECOATCOIRCOITCOPECORECOTECOVECRIACRITCROPEPICERICETICICERIOTAOCTAORCAOTICOVERPACEPACOPACTPAIRPAREPARTPATEPAVEPEARPEATPERIPERTPERVPICAPICEPIERPIETPITAPOETPOREPORTPOTEPRAOPRATPROARACERAITRAPTRATERATORAVEREAPREPORICERIOTRIPERIPTRITERIVARIVERIVOROPEROTAROTEROTIROVETACETACOTAPETARETAROTARPTEARTEPATIARTICETIERTIRETIROTOEATOPETOPITORATORCTORETORITRAPTRIETRIOTRIPTROPVAIRVAREVERAVERTVETOVIAEVICEVIERVIREVITAVITEVOARVOIPVOTEVROT
3 letter words (98)
ACEACTAIRAITAPEAPOAPTARCAREARTATEAVEAVOCAPCARCATCEPCITCOPCORCOTEAREATECOERAETAEVOICEIREITAOAROATOCAOPEOPTORAORCOREORTOVAPACPARPATPAVPEAPECPERPETPIAPICPIEPIRPITPOAPOIPOTPREPRORAIRAPRATRAVRECREIREOREPRETREVRIARIPRITROCROEROTTAETAITAOTAPTARTAVTEATECTICTIETIPTOCTOETOPTORVACVAEVARVATVETVIAVIEVOEVOR
2 letter words (22)
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