operative
Operative can refer to a person secretly employed in espionage for a government or someone who can be employed as a detective to collect information and assist in criminal investigations. Operative is also used as adjective, with meanings including being in force or having or exerting force.
Length
9
Scrabble
14
WWF
16
Starts
OP
Ends
IVE
Difficulty
Hard
Dictionary
What Does “OPERATIVE” Mean?
/ˈɒpəɹətɪv/
operative has 6 documented senses across adjective, noun.
Adjective
4 sensesbeing in force or having or exerting force
“operative regulations”
“the major tendencies operative in the American political system”
relating to or requiring or amenable to treatment by surgery especially as opposed to medicine
“a surgical appendix”
“a surgical procedure”
“operative dentistry”
Synonyms
effective; producing a desired effect
“the operative word”
(of e.g. a machine) performing or capable of performing
“in running (or working) order”
“a functional set of brakes”
Synonyms
Noun
2 sensesScrabble Score
14
Letters
9
Vowels
5
Consonants
4
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Definition
being in force or having or exerting force
Length
9 letters
Starts With
O
Ends With
E
Vowels
5
Consonants
4
Letters
O, P, E, R, A, T, I, V, E
Use Case
Useful for Scrabble, Wordle, crosswords, anagrams, and other word games.
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★★★OPERATIVE has a Scrabble score of 14. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆OPERATIVE is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★☆☆OPERATIVE can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 9-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆OPERATIVE contains repeated letters, which can make anagram solving more constrained but also easier to pattern-match.
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Unique Letters
8
Repeated Letters
1
Highest Value Letter
V
Letter Pattern
ABCDEFGHC
CV Pattern
VCVCVCVCV
Vowel Share
56%
Consonant Share
44%
Bigrams
OP, PE, ER, RA, AT, TI, IV, VE
Trigrams
OPE, PER, ERA, RAT, ATI, TIV, IVE
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