addictive
Addictive is also used as adjective, with meanings including causing or characterized by addiction.
Length
9
Scrabble
16
WWF
18
Starts
AD
Ends
IVE
Difficulty
Hard
Dictionary
What Does “ADDICTIVE” Mean?
/əˈdɪktɪv/
addictive has 1 documented sense across adjective.
Adjective
1 sensecausing or characterized by addiction
“addictive drugs”
“addictive behavior”
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
9
Vowels
4
Consonants
5
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Definition
causing or characterized by addiction
Length
9 letters
Starts With
A
Ends With
E
Vowels
4
Consonants
5
Letters
A, D, D, I, C, T, I, V, E
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★★★ADDICTIVE has a Scrabble score of 16. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆ADDICTIVE is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★☆☆ADDICTIVE can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 9-letter structure.
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★★★☆☆ADDICTIVE contains repeated letters, which can make anagram solving more constrained but also easier to pattern-match.
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Unique Letters
7
Repeated Letters
2
Highest Value Letter
V
Letter Pattern
ABBCDECFG
CV Pattern
VCCVCCVCV
Vowel Share
44%
Consonant Share
56%
Bigrams
AD, DD, DI, IC, CT, TI, IV, VE
Trigrams
ADD, DDI, DIC, ICT, CTI, TIV, IVE
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