Unscramble DISSUASIVE to get 185 words. DISSUASIVE itself is a real word: 14 points on a Scrabble board, 16 in Words With Friends. 10 letters: 5 vowels and 5 consonants.
D2I1S1S1U12A1S1I1V45E1
Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from DISSUASIVE by length: 1 with 10 letters, 1 with 8, 6 with 7, 20 with 6, 38 with 5, 60 with 4, 45 with 3 and 14 with 2. None has 9 letters.
There is a single one of the 8-letter words made with DISSUASIVE letters: DISSAVES, 12 points.
9 of 38 5-letter words you get when you unscramble DISSUASIVE tie at 9 points; none scores more. ISSUE, IDEAS and SAVED will look familiar.
Of the 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble DISSUASIVE, 12 score 8 points, the group's best. USED, SAID and SAVE are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of DISSUASIVE but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with DI · ending in VE · all 10-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with DISSAVES (12 points).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept DISSUASIVE, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DISSUASIVE itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 185) | 136 | 185 | 122 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: AVISED, VISIED, AVISES, DIVIS, VADES, VISIES, AVISE, DIVI, DIVS, VADE, VISIE, DIV and 37 more, 49 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: DEVIS, DEVI, VIDS, SEVS, VID, DESIS, SEV, SUSED, DESI, SUSES, DAS, EDS and 2 more, 14 in all.
This word takes every letter of DISSUASIVE plus a single extra one.