selective
Selective is also used as adjective, with meanings including characterized by very careful or fastidious selection.
Length
9
Scrabble
14
WWF
17
Starts
SE
Ends
IVE
Difficulty
Hard
Dictionary
What Does “SELECTIVE” Mean?
/səˈlɛktɪv/
selective has 2 documented senses across adjective.
Adjective
2 sensestending to select; characterized by careful choice
“{'source': 'John Mason Brown', 'text': 'an exceptionally quick and selective reader'}”
characterized by very careful or fastidious selection
“the school was very selective in its admissions”
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
9
Vowels
4
Consonants
5
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Definition
tending to select; characterized by careful choice
Length
9 letters
Starts With
S
Ends With
E
Vowels
4
Consonants
5
Letters
S, E, L, E, C, T, I, V, E
Use Case
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★★★SELECTIVE has a Scrabble score of 14. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆SELECTIVE is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★☆☆SELECTIVE can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 9-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆SELECTIVE 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
ABCBDEFGB
CV Pattern
CVCVCCVCV
Vowel Share
44%
Consonant Share
56%
Bigrams
SE, EL, LE, EC, CT, TI, IV, VE
Trigrams
SEL, ELE, LEC, ECT, CTI, TIV, IVE
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