144 words come out when you unscramble ATTENTIVE, starting with ATTENTIVE itself: 12 in Scrabble, 14 in Words With Friends. It has 1 anagram, each with the same 12 points: TENTATIVE. It has 9 letters, 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from ATTENTIVE by length: 2 with 9 letters, 6 with 7, 8 with 6, 24 with 5, 47 with 4, 42 with 3 and 15 with 2. None has 8 letters.
Among 24 5-letter words you get when you unscramble ATTENTIVE, the top score is 8, reached by 12. EVENT, TITAN and EATEN are the familiar ones.
19 of 47 4-letter words made with ATTENTIVE letters tie at 7 points; none scores more. EVEN, TEEN and ANTI will look familiar.
Of the 42 3-letter words you get when you unscramble ATTENTIVE, 12 score 6 points, the group's best. NET, VAN and TEN are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of ATTENTIVE but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with AT · ending in VE · all 9-letter words
ATTENTIVE first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept ATTENTIVE, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| ATTENTIVE itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 144) | 104 | 144 | 98 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: AVIETTE, EVITATE, VENITE, AVINE, NAEVE, NEIVE, EEVN, EVET, VANT, VIAE, VINT, VITE and 28 more, 40 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: TAENITE, NAV, VIN, TEIN, TIAN and TE, 6 in all.
Each word below uses all the letters of ATTENTIVE and one more.