168 words come out when you unscramble CAITIVES, starting with CAITIVES itself: 13 in Scrabble, 15 in Words With Friends. It has 3 anagrams, each with the same 13 points: ACTIVISE, CAVITIES and VICIATES. The strongest shorter words are ACTIVES, CAITIVE and VICIATE, 12 points each. 8 letters: 4 vowels and 4 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from CAITIVES by length: 4 with 8 letters, 3 with 7, 12 with 6, 28 with 5, 60 with 4, 47 with 3 and 14 with 2.
Among 28 5-letter words you get when you unscramble CAITIVES, the top score is 10, reached by 8. VISIT, VISTA and CITES are the familiar ones.
Of the 60 4-letter words in CAITIVES, 4 score 9 points, the group's best. SITE, CASE and SAVE are the ones most people know.
Among the 3-letter words made with CAITIVES letters, VAC leads with 8 points, then AVE and SAV on 6. ITS, SET and ACT are the familiar ones.
These 6 words have the length of CAITIVES, with one letter different:
More 8-letter words: starting with CA · ending in ES · all 8-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by CAVITIES (13 points).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Scrabble UK accepts CAITIVES, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| CAITIVES itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 168) | 130 | 168 | 120 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 38 of them: ACTIVISE, CAITIVES, VICIATES, CAITIVE, VICIATE, CIVES, CIVE, SATIVE, VISITE, AVISE, STIVE, VISIE and 26 more. Words With Friends* skips 10 of them: STEVIA, ETICS, SEV, TECS, TEC, TASE, ATS, EST, TES and TE.
These 9 words take every letter of CAITIVES plus a single extra one.