Unscramble FRUCTIVE and you have 137 words, FRUCTIVE itself among them: it scores 16 in Scrabble and 19 in Words With Friends. The 8 letters split into 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
F4R1U12C34T1I1V45E1
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from FRUCTIVE split into 1 with 8 letters, 1 with 7, 8 with 6, 30 with 5, 49 with 4, 36 with 3 and 12 with 2.
Just 1 of the 7-letter words in FRUCTIVE: FURTIVE, for 13 points.
Among the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble FRUCTIVE, FIVER leads with 11 points, then CIVET and CRUFT on 10. FRUIT, CURVE and CURIE are the familiar ones.
FIVE scores highest among the 4-letter words from FRUCTIVE at 10 points, ahead of CIVE and CUIF on 9. TRUE, FIRE and VICE are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of FRUCTIVE but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with FR · ending in VE · all 8-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by FURTIVE (13 points).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Scrabble UK accepts FRUCTIVE, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| FRUCTIVE itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 137) | 104 | 135 | 94 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 31 of them: FRUCTIVE, CRUIVE, FRUICT, CRUVE, FECIT, CIVE, CUITER, CURIET, FREIT, RIFTE, TREIF, FIER and 19 more. Words With Friends* skips 10 of them: CRUFT, ERUV, RECIT, CERT, CRIT, CRU, FE, TEC, UTE and TE. Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends* skip 2 of them: FI and ITER.