Unscramble INESSIVES and you have 111 words, INESSIVES itself among them: it scores 12 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. 9 letters: 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from INESSIVES by length: 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 8, 4 with 7, 18 with 6, 28 with 5, 33 with 4, 19 with 3 and 7 with 2.
INESSIVE is the only one of the 8-letter words made with INESSIVES letters; it scores 11 points.
28 5-letter words you get when you unscramble INESSIVES; 13 of them share the top score of 8. SENSE, SEVEN and VEINS are everyday picks.
Among 33 4-letter words you get when you unscramble INESSIVES, the top score is 7, reached by 12. EVEN, SEEN and SEES are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of INESSIVES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with IN · ending in ES · all 9-letter words
Short meanings for the 6 highest-scoring answers, starting with ENVIES, NIEVES, SEVENS and SIEVES (9 points each).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
In Scrabble, yes: INESSIVES is playable in Scrabble UK. It is not in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| INESSIVES itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 111) | 76 | 111 | 66 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 35 of them: INESSIVES, INESSIVE, ESSIVES, SENVIES, ESSIVE, NEIVES, VISIES, VISNES, EEVNS, NEIVE, VISIE, VISNE and 23 more. Words With Friends* skips 10 of them: SENSEIS, SEVS, VINS, SENSEI, SEV, VIN, ESNES, SENES, ESNE and ESSE.
This word takes every letter of INESSIVES plus a single extra one.