Unscramble GERMINATIVE to get 374 words. GERMINATIVE itself is a real word: 17 points on a Scrabble board, 21 in Words With Friends. VERMINATE is the best of the shorter words, at 14 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 GERMINATIVE by length: 1 with 11 letters, 9 with 9, 39 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 25 with 2. None has 10 letters.
4 of 39 8-letter words made with GERMINATIVE letters tie at 13 points; none scores more. NEGATIVE, REGIMENT and METERING will look familiar.
MIEVING and MIRVING share the top score of 13 among the 7-letter words you get when you unscramble GERMINATIVE. MEETING, VINTAGE and IMAGINE are the ones most people know.
Among the 6-letter words from GERMINATIVE, MEVING leads with 12 points, then VATMEN and VERMIN on 11. NATIVE, VIRGIN and INVITE are the familiar ones.
5 of 60 5-letter words from GERMINATIVE tie at 10 points; none scores more. IMAGE, NEVER and GIVEN will look familiar.
Among the 4-letter words in GERMINATIVE, MEVE and MIRV tie for first at 9 points. ITEM, EVEN and GAME are everyday picks.
Among the 3-letter words made with GERMINATIVE letters, VIM leads with 8 points, then VAG and VEG on 7. GET, MAN and MEN are the familiar ones.
Trade one tile of GERMINATIVE for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 11-letter words: starting with GE · ending in VE · all 11-letter words
Here is what the 7 strongest answers mean; AVERMENT and VITAMINE (13 points each) share the top spot.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
GERMINATIVE works in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it appears in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| GERMINATIVE itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 374) | 288 | 374 | 275 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 86 of them: VERMINATE, EVIRATING, MIEVING, MIRVING, TAIVERING, VIAMETER, VIREMENT, GAMINERIE, GERMANITE, MEVING, MINEVER, MINIVET and 74 more. Words With Friends* skips 13 of them: IMAGINEER, VIRGAE, RETIEING, VIGIA, EMERG, VEGA, MARG, MEGA, MEG, NAV, VIN, GI and 1 more.