Unscramble INFECTIVELY and you have 251 words, INFECTIVELY itself among them: it scores 22 in Scrabble and 25 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, FICTIVELY leads with 20 points. The 11 letters split into 4 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from INFECTIVELY split into 1 with 11 letters, 1 with 10, 2 with 9, 5 with 8, 13 with 7, 34 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 58 with 3 and 17 with 2.
There is a single one of the 10-letter words made with INFECTIVELY letters: INFLECTIVE, 18 points.
Among the 6-letter words you get when you unscramble INFECTIVELY, VILIFY and VINIFY tie for first at 15 points. CLIENT, INVITE and FINITE are everyday picks.
10 of 60 5-letter words from INFECTIVELY tie at 11 points; none scores more. EVENT, CIVIL and VINYL will look familiar.
FYCE scores highest among the 4-letter words in INFECTIVELY at 12 points, ahead of ENVY and FIVE on 10. CITY, LIFE and EVEN are the ones most people know.
Among 58 3-letter words made with INFECTIVELY letters, the top score is 9, reached by 4. LET, YET and NET are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of INFECTIVELY but one, change that one, and you get:
More 11-letter words: starting with IN · ending in LY · all 11-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; FICTIVELY (20 points) takes the top spot.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Scrabble UK accepts INFECTIVELY, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| INFECTIVELY itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 251) | 195 | 250 | 181 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
55 of the 251 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: INFECTIVELY, VENEFIC, CLIFTY, INFICETE, LENIFY, LEVITIC, VEILY, VENEY, YEVEN, CETYL, CLEVE, FECIT and 43 more. 14 of the 251 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: EYELIFT, FELTY, LEFTIE, ELVEN, TIYIN, CEILI, INCEL, TIYN, TYIN, LENITE, VIN, FE and 2 more. 1 of the 251 answers is missing from Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: FI.