Unscramble CONSTRICTIVE to get 403 words. CONSTRICTIVE itself is a real word: 19 points on a Scrabble board, 23 in Words With Friends. The 12 letters split into 4 vowels and 8 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from CONSTRICTIVE split into 1 with 12 letters, 5 with 10, 15 with 9, 60 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 22 with 2. None has 11 letters.
RECONVICTS tops the 10-letter words in CONSTRICTIVE at 17 points; next come VICTORINES on 15 and CONCRETIST on 14.
RECONVICT scores highest among the 9-letter words made with CONSTRICTIVE letters at 16 points, ahead of CONTRIVES and EVICTIONS on 14. VICTORIES is the one most people know.
Among the 8-letter words from CONSTRICTIVE, CONVECTS and CONVICTS tie for first at 15 points. REVISION, INVESTOR and CONCERTS are everyday picks.
The 7-letter words you get when you unscramble CONSTRICTIVE are led by CONVECT and CONVICT, 14 points each. VERSION, CONCERT and VISITOR are the familiar ones.
The best of the 6-letter words from CONSTRICTIVE is CIVICS, 13 points; CIVETS and CIVIES on 11 follow. COVERS, SOCCER and VECTOR are everyday picks.
Among the 5-letter words in CONSTRICTIVE, CIVIC leads with 12 points, then CIVES and CIVET on 10. VISIT, COVER and VOICE are the familiar ones.
CIVE, COVE and VICE are the top 4-letter words made with CONSTRICTIVE letters, 9 points each. OVER, COST and VOTE will look familiar.
60 3-letter words you get when you unscramble CONSTRICTIVE; 11 of them share the top score of 6. NOT, ONE and ITS are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of CONSTRICTIVE but one, change that one, and you get:
More 12-letter words: starting with CO · ending in VE · all 12-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; RECONVICTS (17 points) takes the top spot.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept CONSTRICTIVE, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| CONSTRICTIVE itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 403) | 325 | 402 | 299 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 77 of them: VICTORINES, VICTORINE, SOVIETIC, CONCETTI, CORSIVE, COVENTS, CRIVENS, RECTITIC, CECITIS, COVENT, NOVITIES, STERNITIC and 65 more. Words With Friends* skips 26 of them: COINVEST, COVINES, CORNEITIS, COVINE, IVORIEST, STRICTION, CORNETTI, CORNETTS, CROSTINI, ENVIROS, CIRCS, ENVIRO and 14 more. Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends* skip 1 of them: VON.