Unscramble DIRECTIVE to get 190 words. DIRECTIVE itself is a real word: 15 points on a Scrabble board, 17 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter words are VERDICT, EVICTED and VERIDIC, 13 points each. The 9 letters split into 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from DIRECTIVE by length: 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 8, 10 with 7, 30 with 6, 45 with 5, 60 with 4, 32 with 3 and 11 with 2.
There is a single one of the 8-letter words made with DIRECTIVE letters: DIERETIC, 11 points.
CERVID and DEVICE share the top score of 12 among the 6-letter words you get when you unscramble DIRECTIVE. CREDIT, DIRECT and DERIVE are the ones most people know.
The best of the 5-letter words from DIRECTIVE is VICED, 11 points; CIVET and CIVIE on 10 follow. DRIVE, TRIED and CITED are everyday picks.
CIVE and VICE are the top 4-letter words from DIRECTIVE, 9 points each. EVER, EDIT and DIET will look familiar.
Trade one tile of DIRECTIVE for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 9-letter words: starting with DI · ending in VE · all 9-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; EVICTED, VERDICT and VERIDIC (13 points each) share the top spot.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept DIRECTIVE, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DIRECTIVE itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 190) | 147 | 189 | 139 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: VERDITE, ICTERID, REVIED, RIEVED, VERDET, VERDIT, VERTED, CIVE, VIRED, CERTIE, DEEV, DERV and 30 more, 42 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: DEVI, CRED, RECIT, VID, CERT, CRIT, TEC and TE, 8 in all. Not in Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: ITER.
With one more tile, the letters of DIRECTIVE spell the words below.