active
Active can refer to chemical agent capable of activity, a person who is a participating member of an organization, or the voice used to indicate that the grammatical subject of the verb is performing the action or causing the happening denoted by the verb. Active is also used as adjective, with meanings including tending to become more severe or wider in scope.
Length
6
Scrabble
11
WWF
13
Starts
AC
Ends
IVE
Difficulty
Medium
Dictionary
What Does “ACTIVE” Mean?
/ˈæk.tɪv/
active has 17 documented senses across adjective, noun.
Adjective
14 sensestending to become more severe or wider in scope
“active tuberculosis”
engaged in or ready for military or naval operations
“on active duty”
“the platoon is combat-ready”
“review the fighting forces”
Synonyms
disposed to take action or effectuate change
“a director who takes an active interest in corporate operations”
“an active antagonism”
“he was active in drawing attention to their grievances”
taking part in an activity
“an active member of the club”
“he was politically active”
“the participating organizations”
Synonyms
characterized by energetic activity
“an active toddler”
“active as a gazelle”
“an active man is a man of action”
exerting influence or producing a change or effect
“an active ingredient”
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full of activity or engaged in continuous activity
“an active seaport”
“an active bond market”
“an active account”
(of the sun) characterized by an increased occurrence of sunspots and flares and radio emissions
expressing that the subject of the sentence has the semantic function of actor:
(used of verbs (e.g. ‘to run’) and participial adjectives (e.g. ‘running’ in ‘running water’)) expressing action rather than a state of being
Synonyms
(of e.g. volcanoes) capable of erupting
(of e.g. volcanoes) erupting or liable to erupt
“active volcanoes”
engaged in full-time work
“active duty”
“though past retirement age he is still active in his profession”
Noun
3 senseschemical agent capable of activity
the voice used to indicate that the grammatical subject of the verb is performing the action or causing the happening denoted by the verb
“‘The boy threw the ball’ uses the active voice”
a person who is a participating member of an organization
“the club issues a list of members, both the actives and the retirees”
Synonyms for ACTIVE
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
6
Vowels
3
Consonants
3
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Definition
tending to become more severe or wider in scope
Length
6 letters
Starts With
A
Ends With
E
Vowels
3
Consonants
3
Letters
A, C, T, I, V, E
Use Case
Useful for Scrabble, Wordle, crosswords, anagrams, and other word games.
Letter Breakdown
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★★☆ACTIVE has a Scrabble score of 11. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆ACTIVE is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★★☆ACTIVE can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 6-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★★☆ACTIVE uses unique letters, giving more flexibility when checking possible anagrams and word game combinations.
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Unique Letters
6
Repeated Letters
0
Highest Value Letter
V
Letter Pattern
ABCDEF
CV Pattern
VCCVCV
Vowel Share
50%
Consonant Share
50%
Bigrams
AC, CT, TI, IV, VE
Trigrams
ACT, CTI, TIV, IVE
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