perversive
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 18
- Words With Friends
- 21
- Letters
- 10
Definition of perversive
1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included
adj
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Tending to pervert.
“There is a widely diffused notion that among all specimens of animal creation man alone possesses any glimmering of reason. This notion is largely fallacious. It is one of those ideas, based upon superficial knowledge, which appeal to the sophisticated modern public. Its initial emergence and its popularity are alike due to the confounding of what is hereditary with what is acquired, and to the perversive confusion between instinct and knowledge.”
“The late Australian performance artist Leigh Bowery had a profound influence on many designers. Provocative, and at times perversive (he once sprayed enema fluid over unsuspecting audience members),[…]”
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Etymology
From Latin pervers-, the past participial stem of pervertō, + -ive.
Words you can make from perversive
158 playable · top: REPRIEVES (14 pts)
Best play reprieves 14 points8-letter words
5 words7-letter words
19 words6-letter words
24 words- REVIVE 12 pts
- VERVES 12 pts
- VIVERS 12 pts
- PEEVES 11 pts
- VESPER 11 pts
- VIPERS 11 pts
- REEVES 9 pts
- REIVER 9 pts
- REIVES 9 pts
- REVERE 9 pts
- REVERS 9 pts
- REVISE 9 pts
- RIEVER 9 pts
- RIVERS 9 pts
- SERVER 9 pts
- SEVERE 9 pts
- VERIER 9 pts
- VERSER 9 pts
- PEERIE 8 pts
- PRIERS 8 pts
- SPRIER 8 pts
- EERIER 6 pts
- RERISE 6 pts
- SIRREE 6 pts
5-letter words
41 words- VERVE 11 pts
- PEEVE 10 pts
- PERVS 10 pts
- VEEPS 10 pts
- VIPER 10 pts
- REEVE 8 pts
- REIVE 8 pts
- RIVER 8 pts
- RIVES 8 pts
- SERVE 8 pts
- SEVER 8 pts
- SIEVE 8 pts
- SIVER 8 pts
- VEERS 8 pts
- VERSE 8 pts
- VIERS 8 pts
- VIRES 8 pts
- EPEES 7 pts
- PEERS 7 pts
- PEISE 7 pts
- PERES 7 pts
- PERIS 7 pts
- PERSE 7 pts
- PIERS 7 pts
- PREES 7 pts
- PRESE 7 pts
- PRIER 7 pts
- PRIES 7 pts
- PRISE 7 pts
- RIPER 7 pts
- RIPES 7 pts
- SPEER 7 pts
- SPEIR 7 pts
- SPIER 7 pts
- SPIRE 7 pts
- SPREE 7 pts
- EERIE 5 pts
- RESEE 5 pts
- RISER 5 pts
- SERER 5 pts
- SIREE 5 pts
4-letter words
34 words- VIVE 10 pts
- PERV 9 pts
- SPIV 9 pts
- VEEP 9 pts
- EVER 7 pts
- EVES 7 pts
- REVS 7 pts
- RIVE 7 pts
- VEER 7 pts
- VEES 7 pts
- VIER 7 pts
- VIES 7 pts
- VISE 7 pts
- EPEE 6 pts
- PEER 6 pts
- PEES 6 pts
- PERE 6 pts
- PERI 6 pts
- PIER 6 pts
- PIES 6 pts
- PREE 6 pts
- REPS 6 pts
- RIPE 6 pts
- RIPS 6 pts
- SEEP 6 pts
- SIPE 6 pts
- ERRS 4 pts
- IRES 4 pts
- REES 4 pts
- REIS 4 pts
- RISE 4 pts
- SEER 4 pts
- SERE 4 pts
- SIRE 4 pts
3-letter words
27 words2-letter words
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