Unscramble IMPRESSIVE and you have 284 words, IMPRESSIVE itself among them: it scores 17 in Scrabble and 20 in Words With Friends. It has 1 anagram, each with the same 17 points: PERMISSIVE. REMISSIVE is the best of the shorter words, at 14 points. It has 10 letters, 4 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
By length, the words from IMPRESSIVE split into 2 with 10 letters, 1 with 9, 13 with 8, 34 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 43 with 3 and 11 with 2.
IMPRESSIVE and 1 anagram, PERMISSIVE, make up the 10-letter words in IMPRESSIVE; each scores 17 points.
There is a single one of the 9-letter words made with IMPRESSIVE letters: REMISSIVE, 14 points.
Of the 34 7-letter words you get when you unscramble IMPRESSIVE, 6 score 12 points, the group's best. PREMISE, EMPIRES and IMPRESS are the ones most people know.
60 6-letter words from IMPRESSIVE; 9 of them share the top score of 11. EMPIRE, SERVES and REVISE are everyday picks.
Among 60 5-letter words in IMPRESSIVE, the top score is 10, reached by 9. PRESS, PRIME and SERVE are the familiar ones.
Of the 60 4-letter words made with IMPRESSIVE letters, 6 score 9 points, the group's best. EVER, MISS and PEER are the ones most people know.
VIM tops the 3-letter words you get when you unscramble IMPRESSIVE at 8 points; next come IMP on 7 and EVE on 6. SEE, SIR and PEE will look familiar.
Trade one tile of IMPRESSIVE for another and you can spell these 6 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 EMISSIVE and PREVISES (13 points each).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
IMPRESSIVE 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| IMPRESSIVE itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 284) | 210 | 284 | 200 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: IMPRESSE, MESPRISE, MISPRISE, PRIEVES, RIEMPIES, MIEVES, PERMIES, PERVES, PREVES, PRIEVE, RIEMPIE, IMPIES and 62 more, 74 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: REMISSIVE, PERVS, PERV, PISSIER, MIPS, PERES, SEVS, PERE, SEV and MES, 10 in all.