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

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

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7-letter words (1 found)

FURTIVE,

6-letter words (1 found)

VIRTUE,

5-letter words (11 found)

FIVER,FREIT,FRUIT,REFIT,RIFTE,RIVET,TREIF,URITE,UTERI,VERTU,VIRTU,

4-letter words (26 found)

ERUV,ETUI,FIER,FIRE,FIVE,FRET,FRIT,IURE,REFI,REFT,REIF,RIFE,RIFT,RITE,RIVE,TERF,TIER,TIRE,TREF,TRIE,TRUE,TURF,VERT,VIER,VIRE,VITE,

3-letter words (25 found)

EFT,ERF,FER,FET,FEU,FIE,FIR,FIT,FUR,IRE,REF,REI,RET,REV,RIF,RIT,RUE,RUT,TEF,TIE,TUI,URE,UTE,VET,VIE,

2-letter words (12 found)

EF,ER,ET,FE,FU,IF,IT,RE,TE,TI,UR,UT,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 77 words from furtive according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of furtive

furtive

Etymology

From Middle English *furtyve (implied in furtyvely (adverb)), from Middle French furtif, furtive (“furtive, stealthy”) (modern French furtif), from Latin fūrtīvus (“clandestine, furtive, secret; concealed, hidden; stolen”), from fūrtum (“theft; robbery”) (from fūr (“thief”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- (“to bear, carry”)) + -īvus (suffix forming adjectives).

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈfɜːtɪv/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈfɝtɪv/, [-ɾɪv]
  • (General Australian) IPA(key): [ˈfɜːɾɪv]
  • Rhymes: -ɜːtɪv
  • Hyphenation: furt‧ive

Adjective

furtive (comparative more furtive, superlative most furtive)

  1. Of a thing: done with evasive or guilty secrecy.
    Synonyms: clandestine, surreptitious; see also Thesaurus:covert
  2. Of a thing: that has been acquired by theft; stolen; also (generally) taken stealthily.
  3. Of a person or an animal: sly, stealthy.
    Synonyms: thieflike, thievish
  4. Of a person, etc.: inclined to steal; pilfering, thieving.
    Synonym: thievish

Derived terms

  • furtively
  • furtiveness

Related terms

  • ferret

Translations

References

Further reading

  • secrecy on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fyʁ.tiv/

Adjective

furtive

  1. feminine singular of furtif

Italian

Adjective

furtive f pl

  1. feminine plural of furtivo

Latin

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈfur.ti.u̯e/, [ˈfʊrt̪iu̯ɛ]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈfur.ti.ve/, [ˈfurt̪ive]

Adjective

fūrtīve

  1. masculine vocative singular of fūrtīvus

Adverb

furtīvē (comparative furtīvius, superlative furtīvissimē)

  1. secretly, in a hidden or clandestine manner

References

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

Source: wiktionary.org