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Is relative a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word relative is a Scrabble US word. The word relative is worth 11 points in Scrabble:

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Is relative a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word relative is a Scrabble UK word and has 11 points:

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Yes. The word relative is a Words With Friends word. The word relative is worth 13 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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8-letter words (2 found)

LEVIRATE,RELATIVE,

7-letter words (6 found)

ATELIER,ELATIVE,EVIRATE,LEAVIER,REALTIE,VEALIER,

6-letter words (24 found)

ELATER,EVILER,LAVEER,LEAVER,LEVIER,LEVITE,LIEVER,RELATE,RELIVE,RETAIL,RETIAL,RETILE,REVEAL,REVILE,TAILER,TAIVER,TRAVEL,VALETE,VARLET,VEALER,VEILER,VELATE,VELETA,VERITE,

5-letter words (66 found)

AERIE,AIVER,ALERT,ALIVE,ALTER,ARETE,ARIEL,ARTEL,ARVEE,AVERT,EATER,ELATE,ELITE,ELVER,ERVIL,EVERT,EVITE,IRATE,LAREE,LATER,LAVER,LEARE,LEAVE,LEEAR,LEVER,LIART,LIEVE,LITER,LITRE,LIVER,LIVRE,RAILE,RATEL,RAVEL,REATE,REAVE,REIVE,RELET,RELIE,RELIT,RETIA,RETIE,REVEL,REVET,REVIE,RIEVE,RIVAL,RIVEL,RIVET,TALER,TAVER,TELAE,TELIA,TERAI,TILER,TRAIL,TRAVE,TRIAL,VAIRE,VALET,VEALE,VELAR,VILER,VIRAL,VITAE,VITAL,

4-letter words (93 found)

AIRT,ALEE,ALIT,ARET,ARIL,ARLE,ARTI,AVEL,AVER,EALE,EARL,EAVE,EREV,EVER,EVET,EVIL,ILEA,LAER,LAIR,LARE,LARI,LATE,LATI,LAVE,LEAR,LEAT,LEER,LEET,LEIR,LERE,LEVA,LEVE,LIAR,LIER,LIRA,LIRE,LITE,LIVE,RAIL,RAIT,RALE,RATE,RAVE,REAL,REEL,RETE,RIAL,RIEL,RILE,RITE,RIVA,RIVE,TAEL,TAIL,TALE,TALI,TARE,TEAL,TEAR,TEEL,TEER,TEIL,TELA,TELE,TIAR,TIER,TILE,TIRE,TIRL,TREE,TRIE,VAIL,VAIR,VALE,VALI,VARE,VEAL,VEER,VEIL,VELA,VELE,VERA,VERT,VIAE,VIAL,VIER,VILE,VIRE,VIRL,VITA,VITE,VLEI,VRIL,

3-letter words (54 found)

AIL,AIR,AIT,ALE,ALT,ARE,ART,ATE,AVE,EAR,EAT,EEL,ELT,ERA,ERE,ETA,EVE,IRE,ITA,LAR,LAT,LAV,LEA,LEE,LEI,LET,LEV,LIE,LIT,RAI,RAT,RAV,REE,REI,RET,REV,RIA,RIT,TAE,TAI,TAR,TAV,TEA,TEE,TEL,TIE,TIL,VAE,VAR,VAT,VEE,VET,VIA,VIE,

2-letter words (17 found)

AE,AI,AL,AR,AT,EA,EE,EL,ER,ET,IT,LA,LI,RE,TA,TE,TI,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 263 words from relative according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of relative

relative

Alternative forms

  • rel. (abbreviation)

Etymology

From Middle French relatif, from Late Latin relātīvus, from Latin relātus, perfect passive participle of referō (“to carry back, to ascribe”), from re- (“again”) + ferō (“to bear or carry”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɹɛl.ə.tɪv/
    • (US, Canada) IPA(key): (flapped) [ˈɹɛl.ə.ɾɪv], (enunciated) [ˈɹɛl.ə.tʰɪv]
  • Rhymes: -ɛlətɪv

Adjective

relative (not comparable)

  1. Connected to or depending on something else; comparative.
    • 2012 May 5, Phil McNulty, “Chelsea 2-1 Liverpool”, BBC Sport:
      For Liverpool, their season will now be regarded as a relative disappointment after failure to add the FA Cup to the Carling Cup and not mounting a challenge to reach the Champions League places.
  2. (computing, of a URL, URI, path, or similar) Expressed in relation to another item, rather than in complete form.
  3. (grammar) Depending on an antecedent; comparative.
    The words “big” and “small” are relative.
  4. (music) Having the same key but differing in being major or minor.
  5. (archaic or rare) Relevant; pertinent; related.
  6. Capable to be changed by other beings or circumstance; conditional.

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Noun

relative (plural relatives)

  2. Someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family.
  3. (figurative) Something kindred or related to something else.
    Synonym: cousin
  4. (linguistics) A type of adjective that inflects like a relative clause, rather than a true adjective, in certain Bantu languages.

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  • See also Thesaurus:relative

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Anagrams

  • levirate

Danish

Adjective

relative

  1. inflection of relativ:
    1. definite singular
    2. plural

Esperanto

Etymology

From relativa +‎ -e.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [relaˈtive]
  • Rhymes: -ive
  • Hyphenation: re‧la‧ti‧ve

Adverb

relative

  1. relatively

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʁə.la.tiv/

Etymology 1

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

relative

  1. feminine singular of relatif

Etymology 2

Ellipsis of proposition subordonnée relative.

Noun

relative f (plural relatives)

  1. (grammar) relative clause, adjectival clause, adjective clause

Anagrams

  • lèverait, lévitera, relevait, révélait

German

Pronunciation

Adjective

relative

  1. inflection of relativ:
    1. strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
    2. strong nominative/accusative plural
    3. weak nominative all-gender singular
    4. weak accusative feminine/neuter singular

Italian

Adjective

relative f pl

  1. feminine plural of relativo

Anagrams

  • evitarle, levitare, leviterà, rilevate, rivalete, rivelate, vietarle

Latin

Etymology 1

From relātīvus +‎ -ē.

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /re.laːˈtiː.u̯eː/, [rɛɫ̪äːˈt̪iːu̯eː]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /re.laˈti.ve/, [reläˈt̪iːve]

Adverb

relātīvē (not comparable)

  1. (Late Latin) relatively

References

  • “rĕlātīvē”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • relative in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • rĕlātīvē in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 1,335/2.

Etymology 2

A regularly declined form of relātīvus.

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /re.laːˈtiː.u̯e/, [rɛɫ̪äːˈt̪iːu̯ɛ]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /re.laˈti.ve/, [reläˈt̪iːve]

Adjective

relātīve

  1. vocative masculine singular of relātīvus

Norwegian Bokmål

Adjective

relative

  1. inflection of relativ:
    1. definite singular
    2. plural

Norwegian Nynorsk

Adjective

relative

  1. inflection of relativ:
    1. definite singular
    2. plural

Swedish

Adjective

relative

  1. definite natural masculine singular of relativ

Source: wiktionary.org