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What does festive mean? Is festive a Scrabble word?

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Is festive a Scrabble word?

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

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Is festive a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word festive is a Scrabble UK word and has 13 points:

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Is festive a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word festive is a Words With Friends word. The word festive is worth 14 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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Valid words made from Festive

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7-letter words (1 found)

FESTIVE,

6-letter words (2 found)

EVITES,STIEVE,

5-letter words (8 found)

EVETS,EVITE,FEIST,FETES,FIEST,FIVES,SIEVE,STIVE,

4-letter words (25 found)

EFTS,EVES,EVET,FEES,FEET,FEIS,FEST,FETE,FETS,FIST,FITS,FIVE,SEIF,SIFT,SITE,STIE,TEES,TEFS,TIES,VEES,VEST,VETS,VIES,VISE,VITE,

3-letter words (26 found)

EFS,EFT,EST,EVE,FEE,FES,FET,FIE,FIT,IFS,ITS,SEE,SEI,SET,SEV,SIF,SIT,TEE,TEF,TES,TIE,TIS,VEE,VET,VIE,VIS,

2-letter words (12 found)

EE,EF,ES,ET,FE,IF,IS,IT,SI,ST,TE,TI,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 75 words from festive according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of festive

festive

English

Etymology

From French festif, from Latin festivus (“pertaining to a feast, gay, lively, joyous”). Equivalent to feast +‎ -ive.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfɛstɪv/
  • Hyphenation: fes‧tive
  • Rhymes: -ɛstɪv

Adjective

festive (comparative more festive, superlative most festive)

  1. Having the atmosphere, decoration, or attitude of a festival, holiday, or celebration.
  2. In the mood to celebrate.

Synonyms

  • feastful
  • feastly

Derived terms

Translations

French

Adjective

festive

  1. feminine singular of festif

Italian

Adjective

festive

  1. feminine plural of festivo

Latin

Etymology

From fēstīvus (“joyous, festive; pleasing”), from fēstus (“feast-like; festive”).

Adverb

fēstīvē (not comparable)

  1. agreeably, pleasantly, delightfully
  2. humorously, facetiously, wittily

Related terms

References

  • “festive”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “festive”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • festive in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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