Unscramble INFLECTIVE to get 196 words. INFLECTIVE itself is a real word: 18 points on a Scrabble board, 22 in Words With Friends. INFECTIVE is the best of the shorter words, at 17 points. It has 10 letters, 4 vowels and 6 consonants.
I1N12F4L12E1C34T1I1V45E1
Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from INFLECTIVE by length: 1 with 10 letters, 1 with 9, 2 with 8, 10 with 7, 19 with 6, 45 with 5, 60 with 4, 44 with 3 and 14 with 2.
There is a single one of the 9-letter words in INFLECTIVE: INFECTIVE, 17 points.
EVINCE and INFECT share the top score of 11 among the 6-letter words you get when you unscramble INFLECTIVE. CLIENT, INVITE and FINITE are the ones most people know.
45 5-letter words from INFLECTIVE; 11 of them share the top score of 10. EVENT, CIVIL and ELITE are everyday picks.
Among the 4-letter words in INFLECTIVE, FIVE leads with 10 points, then CIVE and CLEF on 9. LIFE, EVEN and FILE are the familiar ones.
17 of 44 3-letter words made with INFLECTIVE letters tie at 6 points; none scores more. LET, NET and FEE will look familiar.
Keep every letter of INFLECTIVE 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 FICTIVE (15 points).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept INFLECTIVE, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| INFLECTIVE itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 196) | 149 | 195 | 137 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: VENEFIC, INFICETE, LEVITIC, CLEVE, FECIT, CIVE, FINLIT, INFELT, LEVITE, VENITE, VENTIL, FIENT and 34 more, 46 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: LEFTIE, ELVEN, CEILI, INCEL, VLEI, CLIT, LENITE, VIN, FE, INTEL, TEC and TE, 12 in all. Not in Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: FI.
Each word below uses all the letters of INFLECTIVE and one more.