motive
Motive can refer to a theme that is repeated or elaborated in a piece of music, a design or figure that consists of recurring shapes or colors, as in architecture or decoration, or the psychological feature that arouses an organism to action toward a desired goal; the reason for the action; that which gives purpose and direction to behavior. Motive is also used as adjective, with meanings including causing or able to cause motion.
Length
6
Scrabble
11
WWF
13
Starts
MO
Ends
IVE
Difficulty
Medium
Dictionary
What Does “MOTIVE” Mean?
/ˈməʊtɪv/
motive has 5 documented senses across adjective, noun.
Adjective
2 sensesimpelling to action
“{'source': 'Arthur Pap', 'text': 'it may well be that ethical language has primarily a motivative function'}”
“motive pleas”
“motivating arguments”
Synonyms
Noun
3 sensesthe psychological feature that arouses an organism to action toward a desired goal; the reason for the action; that which gives purpose and direction to behavior
“we did not understand his motivation”
“he acted with the best of motives”
Synonyms
a theme that is repeated or elaborated in a piece of music
Synonyms
a design or figure that consists of recurring shapes or colors, as in architecture or decoration
Synonyms
Synonyms for MOTIVE
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
6
Vowels
3
Consonants
3
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Definition
causing or able to cause motion
Length
6 letters
Starts With
M
Ends With
E
Vowels
3
Consonants
3
Letters
M, O, T, I, V, E
Use Case
Useful for Scrabble, Wordle, crosswords, anagrams, and other word games.
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★★☆MOTIVE has a Scrabble score of 11. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆MOTIVE is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★★☆MOTIVE can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 6-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★★☆MOTIVE 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
CVCVCV
Vowel Share
50%
Consonant Share
50%
Bigrams
MO, OT, TI, IV, VE
Trigrams
MOT, OTI, TIV, IVE
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