Unscramble ESSIVE and you have 29 words, ESSIVE itself among them: it scores 9 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. 1 anagram of ESSIVE is on the page: SIEVES, each 9 points. Of the shorter words, SIEVE and VISES lead with 8 points. 6 letters: 3 vowels and 3 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
By length, the words from ESSIVE split into 2 with 6 letters, 3 with 5, 11 with 4, 9 with 3 and 4 with 2.
Keep every letter of ESSIVE but one, change that one, and you get:
More 6-letter words: starting with ES · ending in VE · all 6-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with SIEVES (9 points).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Scrabble UK accepts ESSIVE, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| ESSIVE itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 29) | 25 | 29 | 22 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
4 of the 29 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: ESSIVE, SESE, SIES and EE. 3 of the 29 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: SEVS, SEV and ESSE.
These 7 words take every letter of ESSIVE plus a single extra one.