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Yes. The word ablative is a Scrabble US word. The word ablative is worth 13 points in Scrabble:

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8-letter words (1 found)

ABLATIVE,

7-letter words (2 found)

LABIATE,VATABLE,

6-letter words (10 found)

ABELIA,ABLATE,ALBEIT,ALBITE,AVAILE,AVIATE,AVITAL,LIBATE,VALETA,VIABLE,

5-letter words (19 found)

ABATE,ABLET,ALATE,ALIVE,AVAIL,AVALE,BALTI,BLATE,BLEAT,BLITE,BLIVE,LABIA,TABLA,TABLE,TALEA,TELIA,VALET,VITAE,VITAL,

4-letter words (59 found)

ABET,ABLE,ALAE,ALBA,ALBE,ALIT,AVAL,AVEL,BAAL,BAEL,BAIL,BAIT,BALE,BATE,BEAL,BEAT,BELT,BETA,BILE,BITE,BLAE,BLAT,BLET,BLIT,EVIL,ILEA,LATE,LATI,LAVA,LAVE,LEAT,LEVA,LITE,LIVE,TAAL,TABI,TAEL,TAIL,TALA,TALE,TALI,TAVA,TEAL,TEIL,TELA,TILE,VAIL,VALE,VALI,VEAL,VEIL,VELA,VIAE,VIAL,VIBE,VILE,VITA,VITE,VLEI,

3-letter words (46 found)

AAL,ABA,AIA,AIL,AIT,ALA,ALB,ALE,ALT,ATE,AVA,AVE,BAA,BAE,BAL,BAT,BEL,BET,BIT,EAT,ELT,ETA,ITA,LAB,LAT,LAV,LEA,LEI,LET,LEV,LIB,LIE,LIT,TAB,TAE,TAI,TAV,TEA,TEL,TIE,TIL,VAE,VAT,VET,VIA,VIE,

2-letter words (18 found)

AA,AB,AE,AI,AL,AT,BA,BE,BI,EA,EL,ET,IT,LA,LI,TA,TE,TI,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 156 words from ablative according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of ablative

ablative

Alternative forms

  • (abbreviations): abl., Abl.

Etymology

From Middle English ablative, ablatife, ablatyf, ablatif, from Old French ablatif (“the ablative case”), from Latin ablātīvus (“expressing removal”), from ablātus (“taken away”), from auferō (“I take away”). The engineering/nautical sense originates from ablate + -ive.

Pronunciation

  • (grammar): (US) IPA(key): /ˈæb.lə.tɪv/
  • (engineering, nautical): IPA(key): /əˈbleɪ.tɪv/

Adjective

ablative (not comparable)

  2. (grammar) Applied to one of the cases of the noun in some languages, the fundamental meaning of the case being removal, separation, or taking away, and to a lesser degree, instrument, place, accordance, specifications, price, or measurement. [First attested from around (1350 to 1470).]
  3. (archaic) Pertaining to taking away or removing. [Attested from the mid 16th century until the early 18th century.]
  4. (engineering, nautical, astronautics) Sacrificial, wearing away or being destroyed in order to protect the underlying material, as in ablative paints used for antifouling, or ablative heat shields used to protect spacecraft during reentry. [First attested in 1959.].
  5. (medicine) Relating to the removal of a body part, tumor, or organ. [First attested in the mid 20th century.]
  6. (geology) Relating to the erosion of a land mass; relating to the melting or evaporation of a glacier. [First attested in the mid 20th century.]

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Translations

Noun

ablative (plural ablatives)

  1. (grammar) The ablative case. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]
  2. An ablative material. [Mid 20th century.]

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French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /a.bla.tiv/

Adjective

ablative

  1. feminine singular of ablatif

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /a.blaˈti.ve/
  • Rhymes: -ive
  • Hyphenation: a‧bla‧tì‧ve

Adjective

ablative f pl

  1. feminine plural of ablativo

Latin

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ab.laːˈtiː.u̯e/, [äbɫ̪äːˈt̪iːu̯ɛ]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ab.laˈti.ve/, [äbläˈt̪iːve]

Adjective

ablātīve

  1. vocative masculine singular of ablātīvus

Norwegian Bokmål

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɑːblatiːʋə/
  • Rhymes: -iːʋə
  • Hyphenation: ab‧la‧ti‧ve

Adjective

ablative

  1. definite singular of ablativ
  2. plural of ablativ

Source: wiktionary.org