189 words come out when you unscramble DATIVELY, starting with DATIVELY itself: 15 in Scrabble, 16 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter words are AVIDLY and VILAYET, 13 points each. 8 letters: 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
D2A1T1I1V45E1L12Y43
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from DATIVELY split into 1 with 8 letters, 1 with 7, 11 with 6, 34 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 22 with 2.
There is a single one of the 7-letter words in DATIVELY: VILAYET, 13 points.
The 5-letter words you get when you unscramble DATIVELY are led by LEAVY, VEALY and VEILY, 11 points each. DAILY, VALID and DELTA are the familiar ones.
DAVY scores highest among the 4-letter words from DATIVELY at 11 points, ahead of LEVY and TIVY on 10. DATE, LIVE and DEAL are the ones most people know.
Among the 3-letter words from DATIVELY, IVY and VLY tie for first at 9 points. DAY, LET and YET are everyday picks.
Trade one tile of DATIVELY for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 8-letter words: starting with DA · ending in LY · all 8-letter words
The meaning of DATIVELY, and of the 7 strongest answers in its letters.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept DATIVELY, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DATIVELY itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 189) | 148 | 189 | 142 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: VEILY, EYLIAD, LYTED, TAILYE, VILDE, VLY, DIYA, TEDY, TYDE, TYED, VADE, VILD and 29 more, 41 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: DEVI, VID, VLEI, DELT, DA and TE, 6 in all.