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Retroactiveness

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About 4 syllables

adjective · 15 letters · Rare · noun form of retroactive

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

What does retroactiveness mean?

adjective

  1. descriptive of any event or stimulus or process that has an effect on the effects of events or stimuli or process that occurred previously

  2. affecting things past

    “retroactive tax increase”

    Synonymsex post factoretro

Definitions shown for retroactive, the base form of retroactiveness.

Is RETROACTIVENESS a valid word?

Game / word listValid?
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 RETROACTIVENESS worth?

Scrabble

20 pts
r 1e 1t 1r 1o 1a 1c 3t 1i 1v 4e 1n 1e 1s 1s 1

Words With Friends

23 pts
r 1e 1t 1r 1o 1a 1c 4t 1i 1v 5e 1n 2e 1s 1s 1

Wordfeud

21 pts
r 1e 1t 1r 1o 1a 1c 4t 1i 1v 4e 1n 1e 1s 1s 1

NYT Crossplay

22 pts
r 1e 1t 1r 1o 1a 1c 3t 1i 1v 6e 1n 1e 1s 1s 1

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

Words from the letters in RETROACTIVENESS

Words that end like RETROACTIVENESS

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

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Retroactiveness: quick answers

Is RETROACTIVENESS a valid Scrabble word?
Only in Collins. RETROACTIVENESS is valid in Scrabble outside North America (Collins/SOWPODS) but not in the North American NWL list.
How many points is RETROACTIVENESS worth?
RETROACTIVENESS scores 20 points in Scrabble, 23 in Words With Friends, 21 in Wordfeud and 22 in NYT Crossplay. These are plain tile totals, before any double- or triple-letter and word squares.
What does retroactiveness mean?
retroactiveness is the noun form of retroactive, which means “descriptive of any event or stimulus or process that has an effect on the effects of events or stimuli or process that occurred previously”. It has 2 meanings in total, listed above.
What words can you make with the letters in RETROACTIVENESS?
You can make 4056 shorter words from RETROACTIVENESS, such as CONSERVATISE, CREATIVENESS, EVISCERATORS, REACTIVENESS. See the full list.