Unscramble IMPERATIVE and you have 271 words, IMPERATIVE itself among them: it scores 17 in Scrabble and 20 in Words With Friends. It has 10 letters, 5 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from IMPERATIVE by length: 1 with 10 letters, 1 with 9, 3 with 8, 19 with 7, 46 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 21 with 2.
Just 1 of the 9-letter words in IMPERATIVE: APERITIVE, for 14 points.
VAMPIER and VAMPIRE share the top score of 14 among the 7-letter words from IMPERATIVE. PRIVATE and PRIMATE are the ones most people know.
Among the 6-letter words you get when you unscramble IMPERATIVE, IMPAVE, REVAMP and VAMPER tie for first at 13 points. PERMIT, EMPIRE and REPEAT are everyday picks.
9 of 60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble IMPERATIVE tie at 10 points; none scores more. PETER, PRIME and METER will look familiar.
VAMP scores highest among the 4-letter words from IMPERATIVE at 11 points, ahead of MEVE and MIRV on 9. PART, ITEM and EVER are the ones most people know.
Among the 3-letter words in IMPERATIVE, PAV and VIM tie for first at 8 points. ARE, MAP and ART are everyday picks.
Trade one tile of IMPERATIVE for another and you can spell these 3 words:
More 10-letter words: starting with IM · ending in VE · all 10-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with VAMPIRE (14 points).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes. IMPERATIVE 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| IMPERATIVE itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 271) | 207 | 271 | 196 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: APERITIVE, IMPAVE, PERVIATE, VIAMETER, EMPAIRE, PRIEVE, RIEMPIE, EMPARE, EMPART, EVIRATE, METAIRIE, MIEVE and 52 more, 64 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: VAMPIER, VAPER, AMIRITE, PERV, VAPE, EPATER, MATIER, PERITI, PRATIE, AMRIT and TE, 11 in all.
Each word below uses all the letters of IMPERATIVE and one more.