Unscramble INFORMATIVE and you have 337 words, INFORMATIVE itself among them: it scores 19 in Scrabble and 22 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, FORMATIVE leads with 17 points. The 11 letters split into 5 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from INFORMATIVE by length: 1 with 11 letters, 2 with 9, 9 with 8, 48 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 37 with 2. None has 10 letters.
Among the 7-letter words you get when you unscramble INFORMATIVE, AVIFORM leads with 15 points, then OVERFAT and OVERFIT on 13. VITAMIN, INTERIM and MARTINI are the familiar ones.
Of the 60 6-letter words from INFORMATIVE, 21 score 11 points, the group's best. FORMAT, NATIVE and INVITE are the ones most people know.
4 of 60 5-letter words from INFORMATIVE tie at 11 points; none scores more. AFTER, MOVIE and FRONT will look familiar.
FAVE and FIVE share the top score of 10 among the 4-letter words in INFORMATIVE. OVER, INFO and FORM are the ones most people know.
The best of the 3-letter words made with INFORMATIVE letters is FAV, 9 points; EMF and FAM on 8 follow. MAN, FAR and VAN are everyday picks.
Trade one tile of INFORMATIVE for another and you can spell these 4 words:
More 11-letter words: starting with IN · ending in VE · all 11-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; FAVORITE and VINIFERA (14 points each) share the top spot.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes. INFORMATIVE is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it is in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| INFORMATIVE itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 337) | 265 | 334 | 247 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: AVIFORM, FORMIATE, NATIFORM, MINIVET, RAFTMEN, ENFORM, FAINTIER, FREMIT, INFAME, INFIMA, VATMEN, AMOVE and 57 more, 69 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: OVERFIT, VOMITIER, FAVER, MOVANT, AMIRITE, ENVIRO, FAV, FINITO, NOVATE, FAM, FREON, IFTAR and 7 more, 19 in all. Not in Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: VON and FI, 2 in all. Not in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK: EMF.
This word takes every letter of INFORMATIVE plus a single extra one.