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Is sensitive a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word sensitive is a Scrabble US word. The word sensitive is worth 12 points in Scrabble:

S1E1N1S1I1T1I1V4E1

Is sensitive a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word sensitive is a Scrabble UK word and has 12 points:

S1E1N1S1I1T1I1V4E1

Is sensitive a Words With Friends word?

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

S1E1N2S1I1T1I1V5E1

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9-letter words (1 found)

SENSITIVE,

8-letter words (5 found)

INESSIVE,INVITEES,SIENITES,VEINIEST,VISITEES,

7-letter words (16 found)

INVESTS,INVITEE,INVITES,SEITENS,SEITIES,SENITIS,SENVIES,SESTINE,SIENITE,STEVENS,TENSIVE,VENITES,VINIEST,VISITEE,VISITES,VITESSE,

6-letter words (32 found)

ENVIES,ESSIVE,EVENTS,EVITES,INSETS,INSIST,INVEST,INVITE,NEIVES,NIEVES,NISEIS,SEINES,SEISIN,SEITEN,SENITI,SENSEI,SEVENS,SIENTS,SIEVES,STEENS,STEINS,STEVEN,STIEVE,STIVES,TENESI,TENSES,TINIES,VENITE,VISIES,VISITE,VISITS,VISNES,

5-letter words (56 found)

EEVNS,ESNES,ETENS,EVENS,EVENT,EVETS,EVITE,INSET,INTIS,ISSEI,IVIES,NEIST,NEIVE,NESTS,NETES,NEVES,NIEVE,NISEI,NISSE,NITES,SEINE,SEISE,SENES,SENSE,SENSI,SENTE,SENTI,SENTS,SEVEN,SIENS,SIENT,SIEVE,SINES,SITES,SNEES,SNIES,SNITS,STEEN,STEIN,STENS,STIES,STIVE,TEENS,TEINS,TENES,TENSE,TINES,VEINS,VENTS,VESTS,VINES,VINTS,VISES,VISIE,VISIT,VISNE,

4-letter words (63 found)

EEVN,EINE,ENES,ENTS,ESES,ESNE,ESSE,ESTS,ETEN,EVEN,EVES,EVET,INTI,ISIT,NESS,NEST,NETE,NETS,NEVE,NEVI,NIES,NISI,NITE,NITS,SEEN,SEES,SEIS,SENE,SENS,SENT,SESE,SETS,SEVS,SIEN,SIES,SINE,SINS,SIST,SITE,SITS,SNEE,SNIT,STEN,STIE,TEEN,TEES,TEIN,TENE,TENS,TIES,TINE,TINS,VEES,VEIN,VENT,VEST,VETS,VIES,VINE,VINS,VINT,VISE,VITE,

3-letter words (32 found)

EEN,ENE,ENS,ESS,EST,EVE,INS,ITS,NEE,NET,NIE,NIS,NIT,SEE,SEI,SEN,SET,SEV,SIN,SIS,SIT,TEE,TEN,TES,TIE,TIN,TIS,VEE,VET,VIE,VIN,VIS,

2-letter words (12 found)

EE,EN,ES,ET,IN,IS,IT,NE,SI,ST,TE,TI,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 218 words from sensitive according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of sensitive

sensitive

Alternative forms

  • sensative (archaic)

Etymology

From Middle French sensitif, from Medieval Latin sensitivus.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation, General American) enPR: sĕn'sĭtĭv, IPA(key): /ˈsɛnsɪtɪv/
  • (pin–pen merger) IPA(key): /ˈsɪnsɪtɪv/
  • Hyphenation: sen‧sit‧ive

Adjective

sensitive (comparative more sensitive, superlative most sensitive)

  1. Having the faculty of sensation; pertaining to the senses.
  2. Responsive to stimuli.
  3. (of a person) Easily offended, upset, or hurt.
  4. (of an issue, topic, etc.) Capable of offending, upsetting, or hurting.
  5. Meant to be concealed or kept secret.
  6. Being aware of the feelings of others and taking care not to offend them.
    Thank you for being sensitive.
  7. Important, intricate, and requiring great delicacy.
  8. (of an instrument) Accurate; able to register small changes in some property.
  9. (archaic) Having paranormal abilities that can be controlled through mesmerism.

Synonyms

  • aware
  • caring
  • classified
  • compassionate
  • nesh
  • precise
  • tender

Antonyms

  • insensitive
  • nonsensitive
  • resistant
  • stoic
  • uncaring

Hyponyms

  • hypersensitive
  • light-sensitive
  • time-sensitive

Derived terms

Related terms

  • sense

Translations

Noun

sensitive (plural sensitives)

  1. A person with a paranormal sensitivity to something that most cannot perceive.

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sɑ̃.si.tiv/

Adjective

sensitive

  1. feminine singular of sensitif

Noun

sensitive f (plural sensitives)

  1. sensitive plant (Mimosa pudica)

Further reading

  • “sensitive”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

  • investies

Italian

Adjective

sensitive f pl

  1. feminine plural of sensitivo

Anagrams

  • estensivi, intessevi

Latin

Adjective

sēnsitīve

  1. vocative masculine singular of sēnsitīvus

Norwegian Bokmål

Adjective

sensitive

  1. definite singular of sensitiv
  2. plural of sensitiv

Norwegian Nynorsk

Adjective

sensitive

  1. definite singular of sensitiv
  2. plural of sensitiv

Source: wiktionary.org