156 words come out when you unscramble COLLECTIVE, starting with COLLECTIVE itself: 17 in Scrabble, 22 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, COVELLITE leads with 14 points. The 10 letters split into 4 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from COLLECTIVE by length: 1 with 10 letters, 1 with 9, 3 with 7, 14 with 6, 29 with 5, 60 with 4, 36 with 3 and 12 with 2. None has 8 letters.
COVELLITE is the only one of the 9-letter words made with COLLECTIVE letters; it scores 14 points.
Among 29 5-letter words you get when you unscramble COLLECTIVE, the top score is 10, reached by 6. LEVEL, VOICE and ELITE are the familiar ones.
CIVE, COVE and VICE are the top 4-letter words you get when you unscramble COLLECTIVE, 9 points each. LOVE, LIVE and CELL will look familiar.
Keep every letter of COLLECTIVE but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with CO · ending in VE · all 10-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; COLLECT and VELOCE (11 points each) share the top spot.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
COLLECTIVE 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| COLLECTIVE itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 156) | 120 | 156 | 107 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: COVELET, COCTILE, CLEVE, CIVE, LEVITE, OLIVET, VELLET, ECCE, ECCO, LOVIE, VOLET, CLOTE and 24 more, 36 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: VIELLE, CELLIE, LOCIE, TELCO, VLEI, CLIT, ECO, LOC, OLLIE, TEC, LILO, OI and 1 more, 13 in all.
With one more tile, the letters of COLLECTIVE spell the words below.