296 words come out when you unscramble COMPULSIVE, starting with COMPULSIVE itself: 19 in Scrabble, 25 in Words With Friends. The best shorter words score 14: 5 of them, COMPLIES, COMPILES and POLEMICS included. 10 letters: 4 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from COMPULSIVE split into 1 with 10 letters, 7 with 8, 23 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 25 with 2. None has 9 letters.
PELVICS scores highest among the 7-letter words made with COMPULSIVE letters at 14 points, ahead of COMPELS and COMPILE on 13. COUPLES, VOLUMES and IMPULSE are the ones most people know.
The 6-letter words from COMPULSIVE are led by PELVIC and VISCUM, 13 points each. MOVIES, SIMPLE and VOLUME are the familiar ones.
CLOMP, CLUMP and COMPS share the top score of 11 among the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble COMPULSIVE. MUSIC, MOVIE and VOICE are the ones most people know.
COMP tops the 4-letter words in COMPULSIVE at 10 points; next come CIVE and COVE on 9. COME, PICS and MOVE will look familiar.
VIM, VOM and VUM share the top score of 8 among the 3-letter words made with COMPULSIVE letters. CUP, ICE and PIC are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of COMPULSIVE 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; COMPILES, COMPLIES, PELVICS and POLEMICS (14 points each) share the top spot.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes. COMPULSIVE 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| COMPULSIVE itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 296) | 233 | 296 | 213 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: COMPULSE, UPCOMES, VISCUM, UPCOME, VOCULES, CLOVIS, MUSIVE, MVULES, OPUSCLE, UPCLOSE, VOCULE, CIVES and 51 more, 63 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: VOLUMISE, CLOSEUP, LEUCISM, EMICS, COPI, CUMS, LOCIES, MICS, MIPS, VUM, LEVS, MIC and 8 more, 20 in all.
This word takes every letter of COMPULSIVE plus a single extra one.