356 words come out when you unscramble COMPRESSIVE, starting with COMPRESSIVE itself: 20 in Scrabble, 24 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter word is OVERSPICES, 17 points. The 11 letters split into 4 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
By length, the words from COMPRESSIVE split into 1 with 11 letters, 1 with 10, 4 with 9, 29 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 21 with 2.
There is a single one of the 10-letter words in COMPRESSIVE: OVERSPICES, 17 points.
The 8-letter words from COMPRESSIVE are led by IMPROVES and PREMOVES, 15 points each. SERVICES, PREMISES and PROMISES are the familiar ones.
Among the 7-letter words you get when you unscramble COMPRESSIVE, IMPROVE, IMPROVS and PREMOVE tie for first at 14 points. SERVICE, PROCESS and SPECIES are everyday picks.
Among the 6-letter words from COMPRESSIVE, IMPROV leads with 13 points, then COMPER and CRIMPS on 12. PRICES, MOVIES and REMOVE are the familiar ones.
Among the 5-letter words in COMPRESSIVE, COMPS and CRIMP tie for first at 11 points. MOVIE, COVER and VOICE are everyday picks.
COMP scores highest among the 4-letter words made with COMPRESSIVE letters at 10 points, ahead of CIVE and COVE on 9. OVER, COME and EVER are the ones most people know.
The 3-letter words you get when you unscramble COMPRESSIVE are led by VIM and VOM, 8 points each. PRO, ICE and PIC are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of COMPRESSIVE but one, change that one, and you get:
More 11-letter words: starting with CO · ending in VE · all 11-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by OVERSPICES (17 points).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes. COMPRESSIVE is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it is in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| COMPRESSIVE itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 356) | 290 | 354 | 262 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 66 of them: PREMOVES, PREMOVE, COMPERS, CORSIVES, COMPER, CORSIVE, IMPRESSE, MESPRISE, PERSICOS, PRIEVES, COPSIER, EMOVES and 54 more. Words With Friends* skips 26 of them: OVERSPICES, OVERSPICE, PERVOS, IMPROS, MERCES, PERVO, PERVS, EMICS, IMPRO, MERCS, PERCS, PERV and 14 more. Scrabble UK and Words With Friends* skip 2 of them: CRIPS and CRIP.