Invective is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 17 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 21 points.
You can make 130 anagrams from letters in invective (ceeiintvv).
1400-50; late Middle English Late Latin invectīvus abusive, equivalent to Latin invect(us) (past participle of invehī to attack with words, inveigh) + -īvus
As an insult, which is absolutely what it is, it satisfyingly rolls off the tongue, as all invective should. I could not endure to change my invective into panegyric all at once, and so soon. Compliments would earn their deliverer a stream of invective, while an insult or dirty joke “would earn his respect.” Not succeeding, he raised his free arm in a flurry of invective. Her piece is a colorful collection of insults, long on invective and heavy on the adjectives. Now the hard-hearted Bella interlards her speech with invective! Then there was a current of curses, a swift hissing of invective. At home and abroad he exhausted himself in invective, in exhortation. A lot of invective has been thrown their way, but that one company spends about $50 million a year on R&D. The local government, despite all the invective directed at its leadership, seems to be functioning normally for the moment.Examples for invective
17
21