243 words come out when you unscramble AFFECTIVELY, starting with AFFECTIVELY itself: 25 in Scrabble, 27 in Words With Friends. AFFECTIVE is the best of the shorter words, at 20 points. The 11 letters split into 4 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from AFFECTIVELY by length: 1 with 11 letters, 1 with 9, 3 with 8, 7 with 7, 28 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 23 with 2. None has 10 letters.
There is a single one of the 9-letter words in AFFECTIVELY: AFFECTIVE, 20 points.
The best of the 6-letter words from AFFECTIVELY is CLIFFY, 17 points; YAFFLE on 15 and AFFECT on 14 follow. ACTIVE, EFFECT and CAVITY are everyday picks.
FIFTY and TAFFY share the top score of 14 among the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble AFFECTIVELY. LEAVE, ALIVE and VITAL are the ones most people know.
Among 60 4-letter words from AFFECTIVELY, the top score is 13, reached by 4. CITY, FILE and LEFT are the familiar ones.
9 of 60 3-letter words in AFFECTIVELY tie at 9 points; none scores more. ACT, YET and EYE will look familiar.
Trade one tile of AFFECTIVELY for another and you can spell this word:
More 11-letter words: starting with AF · ending in LY · all 11-letter words
What AFFECTIVELY means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept AFFECTIVELY, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| AFFECTIVELY itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 243) | 200 | 241 | 186 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: IVYLEAF, FACTIVE, CALEFY, CLIFTY, AFFY, CLAVIE, FAVEL, VEILY, CAVEL, CETYL, CLEVE, FECIT and 29 more, 41 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: FACELIFT, YAFFLE, EYELIFT, VIFF, FELTY, TALCY, FAV, LEFTIE, AIYEE, CAF, CAL, FE and 2 more, 14 in all. Not in Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: ALF and FI, 2 in all.