172 words come out when you unscramble INCITATIVE, starting with INCITATIVE itself: 15 in Scrabble, 18 in Words With Friends. INACTIVE and VITICETA are the best of the shorter words, at 13 points. 10 letters: 5 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from INCITATIVE split into 1 with 10 letters, 3 with 8, 8 with 7, 16 with 6, 30 with 5, 55 with 4, 45 with 3 and 14 with 2. None has 9 letters.
Among 30 5-letter words from INCITATIVE, the top score is 10, reached by 7. TITAN, ATTIC and NAIVE are the familiar ones.
CAVE, CIVE and VICE are the top 4-letter words in INCITATIVE, 9 points each. NICE, ANTI and CENT will look familiar.
Among the 3-letter words made with INCITATIVE letters, VAC leads with 8 points, then AVE and NAV on 6. CAN, ACT and NET are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of INCITATIVE but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with IN · ending in VE · all 10-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by INACTIVE (13 points).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Scrabble UK accepts INCITATIVE, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| INCITATIVE itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 172) | 137 | 172 | 130 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: INCITATIVE, VITICETA, CAITIVE, VICIATE, INCAVE, INCAVI, CIVE, ANETIC, AVINE, TIETAC, ENIAC, VANT and 23 more, 35 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: CENTAI, NAV, VIN, TEC, TEIN, TIAN and TE, 7 in all.
Each word below uses all the letters of INCITATIVE and one more.