accretive
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 16
- Words With Friends
- 19
- Letters
- 9
/əˈkɹi.tɪv/
Definition of accretive
1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included
adj
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(not-comparable)Relating to accretion; increasing, or adding to, by growth.
“[…] Vegetables spring up from their Mother Earth; and we can no more discern their accretive Motion, then we can their most hidden cause.”
“There could be no rest-houses for revolt, no dividend of joy paid out. Its spirit was accretive, to endure as far as the senses would endure, and to use each advance as base for further adventure, deeper privation, sharper pain.”
“The deal, expected to be completed by the summer, would be immediately accretive to cashflow and earnings per share while giving BP an extra 500,000 barrels per day.”
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Etymology
From accrete + -ive.
Words you can make from accretive
156 playable · top: CREVICE (14 pts)
Best play crevice 14 points8-letter words
2 words7-letter words
1 word6-letter words
11 words5-letter words
48 words- CARVE 10 pts
- CAVER 10 pts
- CAVIE 10 pts
- CIVET 10 pts
- CRAVE 10 pts
- EVICT 10 pts
- VAREC 10 pts
- VATIC 10 pts
- VICAR 10 pts
- CACTI 9 pts
- CERCI 9 pts
- CERIC 9 pts
- CIRCA 9 pts
- RECCE 9 pts
- AIVER 8 pts
- AVERT 8 pts
- EVERT 8 pts
- EVITE 8 pts
- REAVE 8 pts
- REIVE 8 pts
- REVET 8 pts
- RIVET 8 pts
- TRAVE 8 pts
- VITAE 8 pts
- AREIC 7 pts
- CARET 7 pts
- CARTE 7 pts
- CATER 7 pts
- CERIA 7 pts
- CITER 7 pts
- CRATE 7 pts
- ERECT 7 pts
- ERICA 7 pts
- REACT 7 pts
- RECIT 7 pts
- RECTA 7 pts
- RECTI 7 pts
- TERCE 7 pts
- TRACE 7 pts
- TRIAC 7 pts
- TRICE 7 pts
- AERIE 5 pts
- ARETE 5 pts
- EATER 5 pts
- IRATE 5 pts
- RETIA 5 pts
- RETIE 5 pts
- TERAI 5 pts
4-letter words
39 words- CAVE 9 pts
- VICE 9 pts
- CECA 8 pts
- AVER 7 pts
- EAVE 7 pts
- EVER 7 pts
- RAVE 7 pts
- RIVE 7 pts
- VAIR 7 pts
- VEER 7 pts
- VERA 7 pts
- VERT 7 pts
- VIER 7 pts
- VITA 7 pts
- ACRE 6 pts
- CARE 6 pts
- CART 6 pts
- CATE 6 pts
- CERE 6 pts
- CERT 6 pts
- CETE 6 pts
- CIRE 6 pts
- CITE 6 pts
- CRIA 6 pts
- CRIT 6 pts
- ETIC 6 pts
- RACE 6 pts
- RICE 6 pts
- TACE 6 pts
- AIRT 4 pts
- ARIE 4 pts
- RATE 4 pts
- RETE 4 pts
- RITE 4 pts
- TARE 4 pts
- TEAR 4 pts
- TIER 4 pts
- TIRE 4 pts
- TREE 4 pts
3-letter words
43 words- VAC 8 pts
- AVE 6 pts
- EVE 6 pts
- REV 6 pts
- TAV 6 pts
- VAR 6 pts
- VAT 6 pts
- VEE 6 pts
- VET 6 pts
- VIA 6 pts
- VIE 6 pts
- ACE 5 pts
- ACT 5 pts
- ARC 5 pts
- CAR 5 pts
- CAT 5 pts
- CEE 5 pts
- ICE 5 pts
- REC 5 pts
- TEC 5 pts
- TIC 5 pts
- AIR 3 pts
- AIT 3 pts
- ARE 3 pts
- ART 3 pts
- ATE 3 pts
- EAR 3 pts
- EAT 3 pts
- ERA 3 pts
- ERE 3 pts
- ETA 3 pts
- IRE 3 pts
- RAI 3 pts
- RAT 3 pts
- REE 3 pts
- REI 3 pts
- RET 3 pts
- RIA 3 pts
- TAE 3 pts
- TAR 3 pts
- TEA 3 pts
- TEE 3 pts
- TIE 3 pts
2-letter words
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