201 words come out when you unscramble IMPASSIVE, starting with IMPASSIVE itself: 16 in Scrabble, 19 in Words With Friends. The 9 letters split into 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from IMPASSIVE by length: 1 with 9 letters, 11 with 7, 16 with 6, 51 with 5, 60 with 4, 47 with 3 and 15 with 2. None has 8 letters.
VAMPS tops the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble IMPASSIVE at 12 points; next come MAVIE and MAVIS on 10. SAVES, SPIES and VISAS will look familiar.
VAMP scores highest among the 4-letter words from IMPASSIVE at 11 points, ahead of PAVE and PAVS on 9. SAME, SAVE and MAPS are the ones most people know.
Among the 3-letter words from IMPASSIVE, PAV and VIM tie for first at 8 points. MAP, ASS and SEA are everyday picks.
Trade one tile of IMPASSIVE for another and you can spell these 4 words:
More 9-letter words: starting with IM · ending in VE · all 9-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by MASSIVE, MAVISES, MISSIVE, PASSIVE, PAVISES, PAVISSE, SPAVIES and VAMPS (12 points each).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
IMPASSIVE 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| IMPASSIVE itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 201) | 154 | 201 | 143 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: IMPAVES, IMPAVE, PESSIMA, SIMPAIS, VESPAS, APISMS, IMPIES, SAMPIS, SIMPAI, VESPA, APISM, AVISES and 35 more, 47 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: PAVISSE, VAPES, SPAMS, VAPE, MIPS, SPAM, MASES, SEVS, SEPS, SEV and MES, 11 in all.
With one more tile, the letters of IMPASSIVE spell the words below.