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"creative" is also used as a crossword clue. If that's what you saw, the answer is often artistic (8 letters).
Definitions
promoting construction or creation
Word origin
Borrowed from Late Latin creativus, from Latin creō. Equivalent to create + -ive. Displaced native Old English orþanclīċ.
Used in a sentence
“a creative dramatist who avoids cliche”
“The future belongs to those aware enough to see the system, brave enough to reject it, and creative enough to build something better.”
“a creative new solution to an old problem”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
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01“Imaginative”8 letters
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