165 words come out when you unscramble DEFINITIVE, starting with DEFINITIVE itself: 17 in Scrabble, 19 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter word is VINIFIED, 15 points. The 10 letters split into 5 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from DEFINITIVE by length: 1 with 10 letters, 2 with 8, 5 with 7, 17 with 6, 21 with 5, 60 with 4, 43 with 3 and 16 with 2. None has 9 letters.
Among the 4-letter words you get when you unscramble DEFINITIVE, FIVE leads with 10 points, then DEEV and DEFI on 8. FIND, NEED and EVEN are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of DEFINITIVE but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with DE · ending in VE · all 10-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; VINIFIED (15 points) takes the top spot.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
DEFINITIVE 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DEFINITIVE itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 165) | 123 | 164 | 113 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
41 of the 165 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: VINTED, VENITE, DEEV, DEIF, DIETINE, DIVI, FIENT, NEIVE, DIV, EEVN, EIDENT, EVET and 29 more. 10 of the 165 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: INFEED, DEVI, DEF, DIF, VID, IDENT, VIN, DENI, FE and TE. 1 of the 165 answers is missing from Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: FI.
With one more tile, the letters of DEFINITIVE spell the words below.