Unscramble ILLUSTRATIVE to get 391 words. ILLUSTRATIVE itself is a real word: 15 points on a Scrabble board, 19 in Words With Friends. 6 shorter words score 13, among them ILLUVIATES, LUSTRATIVE and RELATIVIST. The 12 letters split into 5 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from ILLUSTRATIVE by length: 1 with 12 letters, 9 with 10, 11 with 9, 46 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 24 with 2. None has 11 letters.
6 of 9 10-letter words made with ILLUSTRATIVE letters tie at 13 points; none scores more. ILLUSTRATE will look familiar.
Of the 46 8-letter words from ILLUSTRATIVE, 15 score 11 points, the group's best. LITERALS is the one most people know.
60 7-letter words you get when you unscramble ILLUSTRATIVE; 37 of them share the top score of 10. VIRTUAL, TRAVELS and LITERAL are everyday picks.
The 6-letter words made with ILLUSTRATIVE letters come to 60, each scoring 9 points. TRAVEL, SILVER and VALUES are the familiar ones.
Every one of the 60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble ILLUSTRATIVE scores 8. VALUE, LIVES and ALIVE are everyday picks.
The 4-letter words from ILLUSTRATIVE come to 60, each scoring 7 points. SAVE, LIVE and EVIL are the familiar ones.
19 of 60 3-letter words in ILLUSTRATIVE tie at 6 points; none scores more. ARE, ALL and ITS will look familiar.
Keep every letter of ILLUSTRATIVE but one, change that one, and you get:
More 12-letter words: starting with IL · ending in VE · all 12-letter words
The 6 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by ILLATIVES and VAULTIEST (12 points each).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes. ILLUSTRATIVE is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it is in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| ILLUSTRATIVE itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 391) | 299 | 391 | 275 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 92 of them: LUSTRATIVE, SILVERTAIL, VIRTUALISE, VIRTUALIST, VITALISER, RIVALISE, VAIRIEST, VETTURAS, STIVIER, TAIVERS, TAIVERT, VATTERS and 80 more. Words With Friends* skips 24 of them: ILLUVIATES, ILLUVIATE, RAVIEST, VITELLI, RITUALISE, SLURVE, STEVIA, ERUVS, LAIRIEST, LEVAS, LEVIS, LISTERIA and 12 more.