Unscramble DETERMINATIVES and you have 531 words, DETERMINATIVES itself among them: it scores 20 in Scrabble and 23 in Words With Friends. It has 14 letters, 6 vowels and 8 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from DETERMINATIVES by length: 1 with 14 letters, 4 with 13, 4 with 12, 8 with 11, 60 with 10, 60 with 9, 60 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 34 with 2.
Among the 13-letter words made with DETERMINATIVES letters, ADVERTISEMENT, DETERMINATIVE and DIVERTISEMENT tie for first at 19 points. INTERMEDIATES is an everyday pick.
The 12-letter words in DETERMINATIVES come to 4, each scoring 15 points. INTERMEDIATE is the familiar one.
VINDEMIATES tops the 11-letter words you get when you unscramble DETERMINATIVES at 17 points; next come AVERTIMENTS and TERMINATIVE on 16.
60 10-letter words from DETERMINATIVES; 7 of them share the top score of 16. INTERESTED, DETERMINES and TERMINATED are everyday picks.
MEDIATIVE, MISDRIVEN and TRADEVMEN are the top 9-letter words made with DETERMINATIVES letters, 15 points each. ADVERTISE, DETERMINE and ESTIMATED will look familiar.
MISDRIVE and VERMINED share the top score of 14 among the 8-letter words you get when you unscramble DETERMINATIVES. VITAMINS, INVESTED and INVERTED are the ones most people know.
Among the 7-letter words from DETERMINATIVES, VIDAMES leads with 13 points, then MINEVER and MINIVER on 12. REVISED, INVITED and DIVERSE are the familiar ones.
MIEVED, MIRVED and VIDAME share the top score of 12 among the 6-letter words in DETERMINATIVES. SERVED, DRIVES and DRIVEN are the ones most people know.
The best of the 5-letter words made with DETERMINATIVES letters is MEVED, 11 points; MAVEN and MAVIE on 10 follow. DRIVE, SAVED and ARMED are everyday picks.
MEVE, MIRV and VIMS are the top 4-letter words you get when you unscramble DETERMINATIVES, 9 points each. MADE, EVEN and EVER will look familiar.
VIM scores highest among the 3-letter words from DETERMINATIVES at 8 points, ahead of DEV and DIV on 7. MAN, MEN and MAR are the ones most people know.
Trade one tile of DETERMINATIVES for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 14-letter words: starting with DE · ending in ES · all 14-letter words
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept DETERMINATIVES, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DETERMINATIVES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 531) | 407 | 526 | 377 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: DIVERTISEMENT, VINDEMIATES, AVERTIMENTS, VERMINATED, VESTMENTED, VINDEMIATE, AVERTIMENT, MISENTREATED, VERMINATES, VERMINIEST, AVISEMENT, DERIVATISE and 111 more, 123 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: DETERMINATES, METAVERSE, MIDINETTES, TRADITIVE, ADMITTEES, DIATREMES, INVERSED, MEADERIES, MIDINETTE, MINARETED, VERMINS, ADMITTEE and 15 more, 27 in all. Not in Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: DIVEMASTER, MAINSTREETED, TRADEVMEN and MAINSTREET, 4 in all. Not in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK: DERMATITES.