SELECTIVE

What SELECTIVE Means

1. adjective: tending to select; characterized by careful choice“an exceptionally quick and selective reader”
2. adjective: characterized by very careful or fastidious selection“the school was very selective in its admissions”

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

SELECTIVE is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 14 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as S1 E1 L1 E1 C3 T1 I1 V4 E1.

Anagrams of SELECTIVE (2)

Same letters, different order. Any of these plays the same tiles for the same score.

Words Made From The Letters In SELECTIVE

202 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 (4)

7 letter words (11)

6 letter words (25)

5 letter words (49)

4 letter words (64)

3 letter words (38)

2 letter words (11)

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