FRICATIVES
A 10-letter word worth 18 points in Scrabble.
f 4 r 1 i 1 c 3 a 1 t 1 i 1 v 4 e 1 s 1
- Length
- 10
- Scrabble
- 18 pts
- Sorted letters
- acefiirstv
- Anagrams
- 0
Definition of FRICATIVES
A form of FRICATIVE.
- noun
a continuant consonant produced by breath moving against a narrowing of the vocal tract
Synonyms: fricative consonant, spirant
- adjective
of speech sounds produced by forcing air through a constricted passage (as `f', `s', `z', or `th' in both `thin' and `then')
Synonyms: continuant, sibilant, spirant, strident
Definitions from WordNet 3.1 (Princeton University).
Words within FRICATIVES
399 words can be made from any subset of the letters in FRICATIVES.
- fricative 17
- artifices 14
- artifice 13
- cavities 13
- veristic 13
- ratifies 11
- fictive 15
- actives 12
- farcies 12
- fiacres 12
- varices 12
- viscera 12
- vitrics 12
- fairest 10
- fairies 10
- revisit 10
- vastier 10
- veritas 10
- visiter 10
- cristae 9
- eristic 9
- raciest 9
- satiric 9
- stearic 9
- airiest 7
- fivers 12
- active 11
- carves 11
- cavers 11
- cavies 11
- civets 11
- civies 11
- crafts 11
- craves 11
- evicts 11
- facers 11
- facets 11
- facies 11
- farces 11
- farcie 11
- fiacre 11
- fistic 11
- fracti 11
- scrive 11
- vesica 11
- viatic 11
- vicars 11
- vitric 11
- afrits 9
- afters 9
- aivers 9
- averts 9
- faster 9
- ferias 9
- fiesta 9
- fraise 9
- refits 9
- resift 9
- rifest 9
- rivets 9
- sifter 9
- starve 9
- stiver 9
- strafe 9
- strife 9
- strive 9
- traves 9
- trivia 9
- varies 9
- vaster 9
- verist 9
- carets 8
- caries 8
- cartes 8
- caster 8
- caters 8
- cerias 8
- citers 8
- cities 8
- crates 8
- crista 8
- ericas 8
- iatric 8
- iciest 8
- racist 8
- reacts 8
- recast 8
- steric 8
- traces 8
- triacs 8
- trices 8
- airest 6
- satire 6
- striae 6
- terais 6
- faves 11
- fiver 11
- fives 11
- cafes 10
- carve 10
- caver 10
- caves 10
- cavie 10
- civet 10
- civie 10
- craft 10
- crave 10
- evict 10
- facer 10
- faces 10
- facet 10
- facts 10
- farce 10
- farci 10
- fices 10
- scarf 10
- vatic 10
- vicar 10
- vices 10
- afire 8