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Irretentive

i ₁r ₁r ₁e ₁t ₁e ₁n ₁t ₁i ₁v ₄e ₁

About 4 syllables

11 letters · Uncommon

Scrabble US & Canada : not valid
Scrabble UK & worldwide : valid
Words With Friends : not valid
Wordle : not valid

What does irretentive mean?

We don’t have a definition for irretentive yet. It appears in the game word lists marked below, so it is playable even without a dictionary meaning. That is common for rare, regional and technical words.

Is IRRETENTIVE a valid word?

Game / word list	Valid?
Scrabble US & Canada (NWL / TWL)	No
Scrabble UK & worldwide (Collins / SOWPODS)	Yes
Words With Friends (ENABLE)	No
Wordle (guess list)	No

How many points is IRRETENTIVE worth?

Scrabble

14 pts

i ₁r ₁r ₁e ₁t ₁e ₁n ₁t ₁i ₁v ₄e ₁

Words With Friends

16 pts

i ₁r ₁r ₁e ₁t ₁e ₁n ₂t ₁i ₁v ₅e ₁

Wordfeud

14 pts

i ₁r ₁r ₁e ₁t ₁e ₁n ₁t ₁i ₁v ₄e ₁

NYT Crossplay

16 pts

i ₁r ₁r ₁e ₁t ₁e ₁n ₁t ₁i ₁v ₆e ₁

Scores are the sum of the tile values, before premium squares or bingo bonuses.

Words from the letters in IRRETENTIVE

Best shorter words top 30 of 218

See all 218 words made from IRRETENTIVE

Words that end like IRRETENTIVE

Common words that share the ending -ENTIVE, handy for rhymes, poems and wordplay. Matches are based on spelling, so a few may not rhyme exactly.

disincentive incentive preventive attentive inventive

All words ending in -ENTIVE

Irretentive: quick answers

Is IRRETENTIVE a valid Scrabble word?

Only in Collins. IRRETENTIVE is valid in Scrabble outside North America (Collins/SOWPODS) but not in the North American NWL list.

How many points is IRRETENTIVE worth?

IRRETENTIVE scores 14 points in Scrabble, 16 in Words With Friends, 14 in Wordfeud and 16 in NYT Crossplay. These are plain tile totals, before any double- or triple-letter and word squares.

What words can you make with the letters in IRRETENTIVE?

You can make 218 shorter words from IRRETENTIVE, such as RETENTIVE, INVERTER, REINVITE, RETRIEVE. See the full list.