Unscramble INNOVATIVE to get 180 words. INNOVATIVE itself is a real word: 16 points on a Scrabble board, 20 in Words With Friends. The 10 letters split into 5 vowels and 5 consonants.
I1N12N12O1V45A1T1I1V45E1
Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from INNOVATIVE by length: 1 with 10 letters, 1 with 9, 4 with 8, 2 with 7, 16 with 6, 28 with 5, 58 with 4, 50 with 3 and 20 with 2.
EVANITION is the only one of the 9-letter words made with INNOVATIVE letters; it scores 12 points.
VIVAT tops the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble INNOVATIVE at 11 points; next come AVINE and AVION on 8. NAIVE and TONNE will look familiar.
The 4-letter words from INNOVATIVE are led by VIVA, VIVE and VIVO, 10 points each. NOTE, NONE and ANTI are the familiar ones.
The best of the 3-letter words in INNOVATIVE is VAV, 9 points; AVE and AVO on 6 follow. NOT, ONE and NET are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of INNOVATIVE but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with IN · ending in VE · all 10-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with VOTIVE (12 points).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept INNOVATIVE, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| INNOVATIVE itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 180) | 142 | 179 | 130 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
37 of the 180 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: EVANITION, INNATIVE, NIVATION, INVENIT, VIVO, VIENNA, AVINE, VANT, VIAE, VINT, VITE, EVO and 25 more. 12 of the 180 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: VIVAT, NOVATE, NAV, VIN, INNIE, TENNO, NANO, NONI, TEIN, TIAN, OI and TE. 1 of the 180 answers is missing from Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: VON.