operative


Meanings

  • a person secretly employed in espionage for a government
  • someone who can be employed as a detective to collect information
  • being in force or having or exerting force;
    • "operative regulations"
    • "the major tendencies operative in the American political system"
  • relating to or requiring or amenable to treatment by surgery especially as opposed to medicine;
    • "operative dentistry"
  • effective; producing a desired effect;
    • "the operative word"
  • (of e.g. a machine) performing or capable of performing;


Scrabble Score: 14

operative is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word

operative is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary

operative is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary


Words With Friends Score: 16

operative is a valid Words With Friends word