252 words come out when you unscramble INDICATIVE, starting with INDICATIVE itself: 16 in Scrabble, 19 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter word is VINDICATE, 15 points. It has 10 letters, 5 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from INDICATIVE by length: 1 with 10 letters, 2 with 9, 10 with 8, 10 with 7, 32 with 6, 57 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 20 with 2.
The 6-letter words from INDICATIVE are led by ADVECT and ADVICE, 12 points each. ACTIVE, NATIVE and INVITE are the familiar ones.
CAVED and VICED share the top score of 11 among the 5-letter words in INDICATIVE. DANCE, CITED and INDIE are the ones most people know.
The 4-letter words made with INDICATIVE letters are led by CAVE, CIVE and VICE, 9 points each. DATE, NICE and DIET are the familiar ones.
VAC tops the 3-letter words you get when you unscramble INDICATIVE at 8 points; next come DEV and DIV on 7. CAN, END and ACT will look familiar.
Keep every letter of INDICATIVE but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with IN · ending in VE · all 10-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; CAVITIED and VATICIDE (14 points each) share the top spot.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
INDICATIVE 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| INDICATIVE itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 252) | 199 | 252 | 182 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
53 of the 252 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: VICIATED, VITICIDE, INCAVED, CAITIVE, VICIATE, DIACTINE, INCAVE, INCAVI, VINTED, CANDIE, CIVE, DIVNA and 41 more. 17 of the 252 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: CNIDAE, DACITE, DECANI, CENTAI, CNIDA, DECAN, DEVI, NIDATE, VID, IDENT, NAV, VIN and 5 more.
With one more tile, the letters of INDICATIVE spell the words below.