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   mis·sive

   /ˈmisiv/

   noun

   • 1. a letter, especially a long or official one: "he hastily banged out electronic missives"

   Word Origin late Middle English (as an adjective, originally in the phrase letter missive): from medieval Latin missivus, from Latin mittere ‘send’. The current sense dates from the early 16th century.

   Scrabble Points: 12

   • M

     3

   • I

     1

   • S

     1

   • S

     1

   • I

     1

   • V

     4

   • E

     1

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