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Is incentive a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word incentive is a Scrabble US word. The word incentive is worth 14 points in Scrabble:

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Is incentive a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word incentive is a Scrabble UK word and has 14 points:

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Is incentive a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word incentive is a Words With Friends word. The word incentive is worth 18 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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9-letter words (1 found)

INCENTIVE,

7-letter words (2 found)

INVENIT,INVITEE,

6-letter words (12 found)

ENTICE,EVINCE,INCENT,INCITE,INTINE,INVENT,INVITE,NEINEI,NIENTE,TINNIE,VENINE,VENITE,

5-letter words (13 found)

CIVET,CIVIE,CTENE,EVENT,EVICT,EVITE,INNIT,NEIVE,NIECE,NIEVE,TENNE,VENIN,VINIC,

4-letter words (30 found)

CENT,CETE,CINE,CITE,CIVE,EEVN,EINE,ETEN,ETIC,EVEN,EVET,INTI,NENE,NETE,NEVE,NEVI,NICE,NINE,NITE,TEEN,TEIN,TENE,TICE,TINE,VEIN,VENT,VICE,VINE,VINT,VITE,

3-letter words (21 found)

CEE,CIT,EEN,ENE,EVE,ICE,INN,NEE,NET,NIE,NIT,TEC,TEE,TEN,TIC,TIE,TIN,VEE,VET,VIE,VIN,

2-letter words (8 found)

EE,EN,ET,IN,IT,NE,TE,TI,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

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

Definitions and meaning of incentive

incentive

Etymology

From Medieval Latin incentīvus (“that strikes up or sets the tune”), from incinō (“to strike up”), from in- (“in, on”) + canō (“to sing”). The formation appears to have been influenced by incendō (“to set on fire”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɪnˈsɛntɪv/
  • Rhymes: -ɛntɪv
  • Hyphenation: in‧cen‧tive

Noun

incentive (plural incentives)

  1. Something that motivates, rouses, or encourages.
  2. A bonus or reward, often monetary, to work harder.

Antonyms

  • disincentive

Derived terms

  • eco-incentive
  • incentivise
  • incentivize
  • tax incentive

Descendants

  • → German: Incentive

Translations

Adjective

incentive (comparative more incentive, superlative most incentive)

  1. Inciting; encouraging or moving; rousing to action; stimulating.
  2. Serving to kindle or set on fire.

Further reading

  • “incentive”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
  • “incentive”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

Anagrams

  • Vicentine

Galician

Verb

incentive

  1. inflection of incentivar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Latin

Adjective

incentīve

  1. vocative masculine singular of incentīvus

Portuguese

Verb

incentive

  1. inflection of incentivar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Spanish

Verb

incentive

  1. inflection of incentivar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Source: wiktionary.org