Unscramble ELIMINATIVE and you have 287 words, ELIMINATIVE itself among them: it scores 16 in Scrabble and 20 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, LAVEMENT and VITAMINE lead with 13 points. The 11 letters split into 6 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from ELIMINATIVE by length: 1 with 11 letters, 1 with 9, 11 with 8, 23 with 7, 47 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 24 with 2. None has 10 letters.
ELIMINATE is the only one of the 9-letter words in ELIMINATIVE; it scores 11 points.
23 7-letter words you get when you unscramble ELIMINATIVE; 5 of them share the top score of 12. INITIAL, VITAMIN and MILITIA are everyday picks.
VATMEN and VIMINA share the top score of 11 among the 6-letter words from ELIMINATIVE. MENTAL, NATIVE and INVITE are the ones most people know.
60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble ELIMINATIVE; 5 of them share the top score of 10. EMAIL, EVENT and LEAVE are everyday picks.
Among the 4-letter words from ELIMINATIVE, MEVE leads with 9 points, then AVEL and EAVE on 7. MAIL, ITEM and EVEN are the familiar ones.
VIM tops the 3-letter words in ELIMINATIVE at 8 points; next come AVE and EVE on 6. MAN, MEN and LET will look familiar.
Keep every letter of ELIMINATIVE but one, change that one, and you get:
More 11-letter words: starting with EL · ending in VE · all 11-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by VITAMINE (13 points).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes. ELIMINATIVE is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it is in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| ELIMINATIVE itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 287) | 228 | 287 | 218 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
59 of the 287 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: LAVEMENT, MILVINE, MINIVET, ELVANITE, VATMEN, VENTAILE, MENILITE, MIEVE, LEVITE, MANTEEL, MEVE, MINIATE and 47 more. 10 of the 287 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: LINEMATE, ELVEN, MELENA, EMAIL, VLEI, LENITE, MANI, NAV, VIN and TE.