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What does expletive mean? Is expletive a Scrabble word?

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Is expletive a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word expletive is a Scrabble US word. The word expletive is worth 21 points in Scrabble:

E1X8P3L1E1T1I1V4E1

Is expletive a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word expletive is a Scrabble UK word and has 21 points:

E1X8P3L1E1T1I1V4E1

Is expletive a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word expletive is a Words With Friends word. The word expletive is worth 24 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

E1X8P4L2E1T1I1V5E1

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9-letter words (1 found)

EXPLETIVE,

6-letter words (2 found)

LEVITE,PELITE,

5-letter words (14 found)

ELITE,ELPEE,EVITE,EXILE,EXPEL,IXTLE,LEVEE,LIEVE,PEEVE,PIXEL,TELEX,TEPEE,VEXIL,VITEX,

4-letter words (30 found)

EPEE,EVET,EVIL,EXIT,ILEX,LEEP,LEET,LEPT,LEVE,LIPE,LITE,LIVE,PEEL,PELE,PELT,PIET,PILE,PLEX,PLIE,TEEL,TEIL,TELE,TILE,VEEP,VEIL,VELE,VEXT,VILE,VITE,VLEI,

3-letter words (29 found)

EEL,ELT,EVE,LEE,LEI,LEP,LET,LEV,LEX,LIE,LIP,LIT,PEE,PEL,PET,PIE,PIT,PIX,TEE,TEL,TEX,TIE,TIL,TIP,TIX,VEE,VET,VEX,VIE,

2-letter words (11 found)

EE,EL,ET,EX,IT,LI,PE,PI,TE,TI,XI,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 88 words from expletive according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of expletive

expletive

Etymology

From Late Latin explētīvus (“serving to fill out”), from Latin explētus, the perfect passive participle of expleō (“fill out”), itself from ex (“out, completely”) + *pleō (“fill”).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ɪkˈspliːtɪv/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈɛksplətɪv/

Adjective

expletive (comparative more expletive, superlative most expletive)

  1. Serving to fill up, merely for effect, otherwise redundant.
    Synonym: expletory
  2. Marked by expletives (phrase-fillers).

Translations

Noun

expletive (plural expletives)

  1. A profane, vulgar term, notably a curse or obscene oath.
    Synonyms: swear word, oath
  2. (linguistics) A word without meaning added to fill a syntactic position.
  3. (linguistics) A word that adds to the strength of a phrase without affecting its meaning.
    Synonym: intensifier

Derived terms

  • expletive deleted

Translations

See also

  • explicative

Further reading

  • expletive on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts, G.&C. Merriam Co., 1967

Source: wiktionary.org