221 words come out when you unscramble IMPLOSIVE, starting with IMPLOSIVE itself: 16 in Scrabble, 20 in Words With Friends. The 9 letters split into 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from IMPLOSIVE by length: 1 with 9 letters, 3 with 7, 20 with 6, 58 with 5, 60 with 4, 59 with 3 and 20 with 2. None has 8 letters.
MOVES, MOVIE and VOIPS are the top 5-letter words from IMPLOSIVE, 10 points each. MILES, LIVES and SMILE will look familiar.
Of the 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble IMPLOSIVE, 5 score 9 points, the group's best. LOVE, LIVE and MOVE are the ones most people know.
The 3-letter words you get when you unscramble IMPLOSIVE are led by VIM and VOM, 8 points each. OIL, LIE and PIE are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of IMPLOSIVE but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with IM · ending in VE · all 9-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; MISLIVE and PLOSIVE (12 points each) share the top spot.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
IMPLOSIVE 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| IMPLOSIVE itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 221) | 174 | 221 | 156 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 47 of them: IMPIES, MESPIL, VOIPS, LOVIES, PLIMS, SOLIVE, VISILE, VOIP, VOMS, LOVIE, MOILES, OVELS and 35 more. Words With Friends* skips 18 of them: LEVIS, MIPS, POLIES, VLEIS, LEVS, LIPOS, VLEI, EMOS, LIPE, LIPO, SEV, EMO and 6 more.
Each word below uses all the letters of IMPLOSIVE and one more.