Unscramble HORTATIVE and you have 236 words, HORTATIVE itself among them: it scores 15 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter word is OVERHIT, 13 points. 9 letters: 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from HORTATIVE by length: 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 8, 5 with 7, 27 with 6, 58 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 24 with 2.
There is a single one of the 8-letter words made with HORTATIVE letters: ROTATIVE, 11 points.
Of the 27 6-letter words you get when you unscramble HORTATIVE, 4 score 12 points, the group's best. THREAT, THROAT and ROTATE are the ones most people know.
4 of 58 5-letter words from HORTATIVE tie at 11 points; none scores more. OTHER, HEART and EARTH will look familiar.
The 4-letter words you get when you unscramble HORTATIVE are led by HAVE, HIVE and HOVE, 10 points each. OVER, HAIR and VOTE are the familiar ones.
33 of 60 3-letter words from HORTATIVE tie at 6 points; none scores more. ARE, ART and AIR will look familiar.
Keep every letter of HORTATIVE but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with HO · ending in VE · all 9-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with HAVIOR, THRAVE, THRIVE and THROVE (12 points each).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
HORTATIVE 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| HORTATIVE itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 236) | 188 | 236 | 177 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 48 of them: OVERHIT, HIVER, HOVEA, TAIVERT, TORTIVE, VIRETOT, TAIVER, TAVERT, VATTER, TAVER, THRAE, VAIRE and 36 more. Words With Friends* skips 11 of them: HOTTIE, THETRI, AHI, OATIER, TETRI, TORTA, ARIE, ARO, RAI, OI and TE.