creative: meaning and words from its letters
8 letters · 13 letter points · starts with C · ends with E
Meaning of creative
adj
Tending to create things, or having the ability to create; often, excellently, in a novel fashion, or any or all of these.
Example: a creative dramatist who avoids cliche
Original, expressive and imaginative.
Example: a creative new solution to an old problem
A type of set of natural numbers, related to mathematical logic.
Example: a creative set
- ironic
Designed or executed to deceive or mislead.
Example: creative accounting and bookkeeping
Source: Wiktionary — creative.
noun
- countable
A person directly involved in a creative process; a creator of creative content.
Example: He is a visionary creative.
- uncountable
Artistic material used in advertising, e.g. photographs, drawings, or video.
Example: The design team has completed the creative for next month's multi-part ad campaign.
Listed forms: creatives.
Source: Wiktionary — creative.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
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adjective
having the ability or power to create
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is creative in our word lists?
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| American English | Found |
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Letter-value score of creative
C(3) + R(1) + E(1) + A(1) + T(1) + I(1) + V(4) + E(1) = 13 points.
This is a sum of letter values without board bonuses or word multipliers. A blank tile is worth zero: subtract the value of each letter supplied by a blank. The score does not establish game validity. Full letter-value table.
Anagrams of creative
1 other standard-list word uses exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
Shorter words from creative
129 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in creative. Showing up to 24, longest first.