Definitions For Factive
Etymology 1
fact + iveAdjective
(not comparable) (grammar, of a verb) license, licensing only those content clauses that represent claims assumed to be true. : You can't say that somebody "discovered" the Moon to be made of green cheese, because "discover" is a factive verb and the Moon isn't made of green cheese. (epistemology, of a knowing agent) Which does not know any falsities: which knows only truths.Noun
FACTIVE (plural FACTIVEs) (grammar) A factive verb.Etymology 2
{{der, en, la, facere, , to make}}.Adjective
(not comparable) (obsolete) make, making.Is Factive a Scrabble Word?
Words With Friends
YES
Scrabble US
NO
Scrabble UK
YES
English International (SOWPODS)
YES
Scrabble Global
YES
Enable1 Dictionary
NO
Points in Different Games
Scrabble
15
Words with Friends
17
The word Factive is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends