combative
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 18
- Words With Friends
- 22
- Letters
- 9
/ˈkɒm.bə.tɪv/(UK)
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/ˈkɒm.bə.tɪv/(UK) · /kɒmˈbæ.tɪv/(UK) · /kəmˈbæ.tɪv/(US) · /ˈkɑm.bə.tɪv/(US)
Definition of combative
1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included
adj
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Given to fighting; disposed to engage in combat; pugnacious.
“Their combative conduct leads to many problems.”
“He finds, not “demigods” but “a combative group of exhausted, drunken, broken, petty, partisan, scheming, squabbling, bloviating, sensory-deprived, underoxygenated, fed-up, talked-out, overheated delegates so distraught they threatened violence, secession.”
“Salvation arrived - as it so often has in this nerve-shredding campaign - through Dykes, the combative striker.”
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Etymology
From combat + -ive.
Words you can make from combative
192 playable · top: BEVOMIT (14 pts)
Best play bevomit 14 points7-letter words
5 words6-letter words
11 words5-letter words
27 words- VOCAB 12 pts
- COMBE 11 pts
- COMBI 11 pts
- ABOVE 10 pts
- CAVIE 10 pts
- CIVET 10 pts
- COVET 10 pts
- EVICT 10 pts
- MAVIE 10 pts
- MOVIE 10 pts
- VATIC 10 pts
- VOICE 10 pts
- VOMIT 10 pts
- AMBIT 9 pts
- AMICE 9 pts
- BIOME 9 pts
- CAMEO 9 pts
- CEIBA 9 pts
- COBIA 9 pts
- COMAE 9 pts
- COMET 9 pts
- COMTE 9 pts
- OVATE 8 pts
- VITAE 8 pts
- BIOTA 7 pts
- BOITE 7 pts
- COATI 7 pts
4-letter words
63 words- COMB 10 pts
- CAVE 9 pts
- COVE 9 pts
- MOVE 9 pts
- VIBE 9 pts
- VICE 9 pts
- ACME 8 pts
- AMBO 8 pts
- BEAM 8 pts
- BEMA 8 pts
- BICE 8 pts
- BIMA 8 pts
- CAME 8 pts
- CAMI 8 pts
- CAMO 8 pts
- COMA 8 pts
- COME 8 pts
- EMIC 8 pts
- IAMB 8 pts
- MABE 8 pts
- MACE 8 pts
- MICA 8 pts
- MICE 8 pts
- TOMB 8 pts
- VETO 7 pts
- VITA 7 pts
- VOTE 7 pts
- ABET 6 pts
- AMIE 6 pts
- ATOM 6 pts
- BAIT 6 pts
- BATE 6 pts
- BEAT 6 pts
- BETA 6 pts
- BITE 6 pts
- BOAT 6 pts
- BOTA 6 pts
- CATE 6 pts
- CIAO 6 pts
- CITE 6 pts
- COAT 6 pts
- COTE 6 pts
- EMIT 6 pts
- ETIC 6 pts
- ITEM 6 pts
- MATE 6 pts
- MEAT 6 pts
- META 6 pts
- MITE 6 pts
- MOAT 6 pts
- MOTE 6 pts
- OBIA 6 pts
- OBIT 6 pts
- OMIT 6 pts
- OTIC 6 pts
- TACE 6 pts
- TACO 6 pts
- TAME 6 pts
- TEAM 6 pts
- TIME 6 pts
- TOME 6 pts
- IOTA 4 pts
- TOEA 4 pts
3-letter words
62 words- VAC 8 pts
- VIM 8 pts
- BAM 7 pts
- CAB 7 pts
- CAM 7 pts
- COB 7 pts
- MAC 7 pts
- MIB 7 pts
- MIC 7 pts
- MOB 7 pts
- MOC 7 pts
- AVE 6 pts
- AVO 6 pts
- OVA 6 pts
- TAV 6 pts
- VAT 6 pts
- VET 6 pts
- VIA 6 pts
- VIE 6 pts
- VOE 6 pts
- ACE 5 pts
- ACT 5 pts
- AIM 5 pts
- AMI 5 pts
- BAE 5 pts
- BAT 5 pts
- BET 5 pts
- BIO 5 pts
- BIT 5 pts
- BOA 5 pts
- BOT 5 pts
- CAT 5 pts
- COT 5 pts
- ECO 5 pts
- EMO 5 pts
- ICE 5 pts
- MAE 5 pts
- MAT 5 pts
- MET 5 pts
- MOA 5 pts
- MOI 5 pts
- MOT 5 pts
- OBA 5 pts
- OBE 5 pts
- OBI 5 pts
- OCA 5 pts
- OMA 5 pts
- TAB 5 pts
- TAM 5 pts
- TEC 5 pts
- TIC 5 pts
- TOM 5 pts
- AIT 3 pts
- ATE 3 pts
- EAT 3 pts
- ETA 3 pts
- OAT 3 pts
- TAE 3 pts
- TAO 3 pts
- TEA 3 pts
- TIE 3 pts
- TOE 3 pts
2-letter words
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