active A₁C₃T₁I₁V₄E₁

The word describes a person or thing that acts, can act, or causes change; it can also mean physically nimble. ACTIVE is familiar English, with a frequency count of 10,024 and a frequency rank of 1,200. Its spelling uses six distinct letters, and the V supplies the largest single tile value.

ACTIVE at a glance

• Meaning: acting, capable of action, or causing change.
• Scrabble face value: 11 points, with V worth 4 and C worth 3.
• The recorded rhyme group ends in “-ive”; GIVE, LIVE and FIVE are examples.
• No anagrams or one-letter neighbours are recorded for ACTIVE.
• In the six-letter position data, E is prominent in position five and S in position six.

What does ACTIVE mean?

ACTIVE describes someone or something that is acting rather than merely receiving action. It can also mean having the power to cause change. That sense appears in phrases such as “active voice,” where the subject performs the action, and “active ingredient,” where a component does something.

The word also has a physical sense: quick or nimble in movement. Those meanings share a useful idea: an active person, part, or process is doing something, not sitting in a passive state. The definition therefore spans grammar, ordinary description, and technical use without changing the spelling.

How does ACTIVE score 11 Scrabble points?

ACTIVE scores 11 points from its face values: A 1, C 3, T 1, I 1, V 4 and E 1. The V accounts for 4 points, while C adds 3; the other four tiles contribute 1 each. Premium squares can raise the total, but the rack value stays 11.

The “-ive” ending connects ACTIVE with GIVE, LIVE and FIVE, among the recorded rhyme matches. That sound family is more useful for a word-association clue than for rearranging tiles: ACTIVE has no recorded anagrams and no one-letter neighbours. Check your game's word list before relying on any word in play.