175 words come out when you unscramble EXPECTATIVE, starting with EXPECTATIVE itself: 25 in Scrabble, 28 in Words With Friends. EXCEPTIVE is the best of the shorter words, at 23 points. The 11 letters split into 5 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from EXPECTATIVE by length: 1 with 11 letters, 1 with 9, 1 with 8, 8 with 7, 14 with 6, 31 with 5, 46 with 4, 57 with 3 and 16 with 2. None has 10 letters.
EXCEPTIVE is the only one of the 9-letter words in EXPECTATIVE; it scores 23 points.
Just 1 of the 8-letter words made with EXPECTATIVE letters: EXAPTIVE, for 20 points.
CAPEX scores highest among the 5-letter words made with EXPECTATIVE letters at 16 points, ahead of VITEX on 15 and EXACT on 14. PEACE, PIECE and ATTIC are the ones most people know.
VEXT tops the 4-letter words you get when you unscramble EXPECTATIVE at 14 points; next come APEX and EXEC on 13. TEXT, VICE and TAPE will look familiar.
VAX and VEX share the top score of 13 among the 3-letter words from EXPECTATIVE. TAX, ACT and CAT are the ones most people know.
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; EXAPTIVE (20 points) takes the top spot.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept EXPECTATIVE, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| EXPECTATIVE itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 175) | 143 | 175 | 136 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 32 of them: CAPEX, EXTATIC, VITEX, EXEAT, AVIETTE, EVITATE, TEX, CIVE, PEECE, CAPI, PAV, TAPETI and 20 more. Words With Friends* skips 7 of them: EXAPTIVE, VAX, TIX, VAPE, PITTA, TEC and TE.
With one more tile, the letters of EXPECTATIVE spell the words below.