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Is receptive a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word receptive is a Scrabble US word. The word receptive is worth 16 points in Scrabble:

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Is receptive a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word receptive is a Scrabble UK word and has 16 points:

R1E1C3E1P3T1I1V4E1

Is receptive a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word receptive is a Words With Friends word. The word receptive is worth 19 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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9-letter words (1 found)

RECEPTIVE,

8-letter words (2 found)

ERECTIVE,PERCEIVE,

7-letter words (4 found)

CREEPIE,EVICTEE,RECEIPT,RECEIVE,

6-letter words (15 found)

CERITE,CERTIE,PEERIE,PEEVER,PIECER,PIERCE,PREEVE,PRIEVE,PRIVET,RECEPT,RECIPE,RECITE,TIERCE,TRICEP,VERITE,

5-letter words (36 found)

CITER,CIVET,CREEP,CREPE,CREPT,CRIPE,EERIE,ERECT,EVERT,EVICT,EVITE,PEECE,PEEVE,PERCE,PERVE,PETER,PETRE,PETRI,PIECE,PIERT,PREVE,PRICE,RECIT,RECTI,REEVE,REIVE,RETIE,REVET,REVIE,RIEVE,RIVET,TEPEE,TERCE,TRICE,TRIPE,VIPER,

4-letter words (48 found)

CEPE,CERE,CERT,CETE,CIRE,CITE,CIVE,CREE,CRIP,CRIT,EPEE,EPIC,EREV,ERIC,ETIC,EVER,EVET,ICER,PEER,PERC,PERE,PERI,PERT,PERV,PICE,PIER,PIET,PREE,RETE,RICE,RIPE,RIPT,RITE,RIVE,TEER,TICE,TIER,TIRE,TREE,TRIE,TRIP,VEEP,VEER,VERT,VICE,VIER,VIRE,VITE,

3-letter words (32 found)

CEE,CEP,CIT,ERE,EVE,ICE,IRE,PEC,PEE,PER,PET,PIC,PIE,PIR,PIT,PRE,REC,REE,REI,REP,RET,REV,RIP,RIT,TEC,TEE,TIC,TIE,TIP,VEE,VET,VIE,

2-letter words (9 found)

EE,ER,ET,IT,PE,PI,RE,TE,TI,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 148 words from receptive according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of receptive

receptive

Etymology

From Late Middle English receptive, receptyue (“capable of receiving something; acting as a receptacle”), borrowed from Medieval Latin receptivus (“capable of receiving something”), from Latin receptus (“retaken, having been retaken; received, having been received”) + -īvus (suffix added to the perfect passive participial stems of verbs, forming a deverbal adjective meaning ‘doing; related to doing’). Receptus is the perfect passive participle of recipiō (“to regain possession, take back; to recapture; to receive; to accept, undertake”), from re- (prefix meaning ‘back, backwards; again’) + capiō (“to capture, catch, take; to take hold, take possession; to take on; to contain, hold; to occupy; to possess; to receive, take in; to comprehend, understand; to captivate, charm”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kap-, *keh₂p- (“to hold; to seize”)).

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɹɪˈsɛptɪv/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ɹəˈsɛptɪv/
  • Rhymes: -ɛptɪv
  • Hyphenation: re‧cept‧ive

Adjective

receptive (comparative more receptive, superlative most receptive)

  1. Capable of receiving something.
    Antonyms: irreceptive, nonreceptive, unreceptive
  2. Ready to receive something, especially new concepts or ideas.
    Synonyms: acceptive, susceptive
    Antonym: unreceptive
  3. (botany) Of a female flower or gynoecium: ready for reproduction; fertile.
  4. (neurology, psychology) Of, affecting, or pertaining to the understanding of language rather than its expression.
    Antonym: expressive
  5. (zoology) Of a female animal (especially a mammal): prepared to mate; in heat, in oestrus.
    Synonym: oestrual

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