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Is RECESSIVE a Scrabble word?

✔ In our word list RECESSIVE 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
14169

What does RECESSIVE mean?

  1. nounan allele that produces its characteristic phenotype only when its paired allele is identical
  2. adjectiveof or pertaining to a recession
  3. adjective(of genes) producing its characteristic phenotype only when its allele is identical

Definitions from WordNet.

Hooks for RECESSIVE

Add a letter to make a new word: RECESSIVES.

Words inside RECESSIVE

See all 124 words you can make from RECESSIVE

Similar word lists

9 letter wordsWords starting with REWords ending in VEWords ending in IVE

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

FAQ

Is RECESSIVE a Scrabble word?

RECESSIVE 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 RECESSIVE worth?

RECESSIVE is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words With Friends, before bonus squares.

What does RECESSIVE mean?

An allele that produces its characteristic phenotype only when its paired allele is identical.