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Is MOTIVE a Scrabble word?

✔ In our word list MOTIVE is in ENABLE, the open word list behind Words With Friends and most word apps. For official tournament Scrabble, check Merriam-Webster's Scrabble dictionary.

Scrabble pointsWords With Friends pointsLetters
11136

What does MOTIVE mean?

  1. nounthe psychological feature that arouses an organism to action toward a desired goal; the reason for the action; that which gives purpose and direction to behavior
  2. adjectivecausing or able to cause motion
  3. nouna theme that is repeated or elaborated in a piece of music

Definitions from WordNet.

Hooks for MOTIVE

Add a letter to make a new word: EMOTIVE, MOTIVED, MOTIVES.

Words inside MOTIVE

See all 33 words you can make from MOTIVE

Similar word lists

6 letter wordsWords starting with MOWords ending in VEWords ending in IVE6 letter words starting with M6 letter words ending in E

About this list

Our word list is ENABLE, first published in 2000 and still used by most word games.

Meanings come from Princeton WordNet (2011). How common a word is comes from wordfreq.

Look up MOTIVE in Merriam-Webster, Wiktionary, Collins or Dictionary.com. Check it for Scrabble at Merriam-Webster Scrabble.

FAQ

Is MOTIVE a Scrabble word?

MOTIVE is in ENABLE, the word list Words With Friends closely matches, and most ENABLE words are playable in North American Scrabble. Confirm tournament validity in the official Scrabble dictionary.

How many points is MOTIVE worth?

MOTIVE is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words With Friends, before bonus squares.

What does MOTIVE mean?

The psychological feature that arouses an organism to action toward a desired goal; the reason for the action; that which gives purpose and direction to behavior.