Unscramble ALLITERATIVE and you have 325 words, ALLITERATIVE itself among them: it scores 15 in Scrabble and 18 in Words With Friends. The 12 letters split into 6 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from ALLITERATIVE by length: 1 with 12 letters, 1 with 11, 3 with 10, 6 with 9, 15 with 8, 41 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 18 with 2.
Just 1 of the 11-letter words made with ALLITERATIVE letters: RETALIATIVE, for 14 points.
ALTERATIVE scores highest among the 10-letter words in ALLITERATIVE at 13 points, ahead of ALLITERATE and ILLITERATE on 10.
Of the 41 7-letter words in ALLITERATIVE, 20 score 10 points, the group's best. LATERAL, LITERAL and TRIVIAL are the ones most people know.
60 6-letter words made with ALLITERATIVE letters; 39 of them share the top score of 9. TRAVEL, LITTLE and LETTER are everyday picks.
Of the 60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble ALLITERATIVE, 46 score 8 points, the group's best. LEVEL, LEAVE and ALERT are the ones most people know.
Among 60 4-letter words from ALLITERATIVE, the top score is 7, reached by 42. AREA, LIVE and EVER are the familiar ones.
15 of 60 3-letter words in ALLITERATIVE tie at 6 points; none scores more. ARE, ALL and ART will look familiar.
Keep every letter of ALLITERATIVE but one, change that one, and you get:
More 12-letter words: starting with AL · ending in VE · all 12-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with ALLEVIATE (12 points).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
ALLITERATIVE works in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it appears in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALLITERATIVE itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 325) | 247 | 324 | 239 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: ALTERATIVE, RELATIVAL, ALLATIVE, AVIETTE, EVIRATE, EVITATE, LARVATE, TAIVERT, VEILIER, VITRAIL, AVAILE, AVITAL and 65 more, 77 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: VITELLI, VETTER, VIELLE, ALVAR, VLEI, ARIE, RAI and TE, 8 in all. Not in Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: ITER.