Dative

6 lettersadjectiverare

Updated June 2026

Definition

Relating to or denoting the grammatical case that marks the indirect object of a verb.

“In Latin, the word for 'to the teacher' appears in the dative case.”

Pronunciation

Syllables

da·tive

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Wordle

Contains three vowels A, I, and E, the TIVE ending is a common adjective-forming suffix

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Scrabble

Worth 10 points, V scores 4 and the three vowels make this ideal when holding too many vowel tiles

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Words you can make from Dative

Shorter words formed from the letters in “dative”.

davit divet ideta vitae adet adit advt aide ated avid avie date dave deia deti deva devi diet dita dite diva dive eadi edit

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7-letter words you can spell by adding one letter to “dative”.

aviated datives deviant deviate

Longer words starting with Dative

Words that begin with “dative”.

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