Unscramble INTENSIVE to get 187 words. INTENSIVE itself is a real word: 12 points on a Scrabble board, 15 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, INVITEES and VEINIEST lead with 11 points. It has 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 INTENSIVE by length: 1 with 9 letters, 4 with 8, 16 with 7, 28 with 6, 43 with 5, 52 with 4, 31 with 3 and 12 with 2.
14 of 28 6-letter words from INTENSIVE tie at 9 points; none scores more. EVENTS, TENNIS and INVITE will look familiar.
Among 43 5-letter words you get when you unscramble INTENSIVE, the top score is 8, reached by 20. VISIT, EVENT and TEENS are the familiar ones.
17 of 52 4-letter words from INTENSIVE tie at 7 points; none scores more. SITE, EVEN and TEEN will look familiar.
Keep every letter of INTENSIVE but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with IN · ending in VE · all 9-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by INVITEES and VEINIEST (11 points each).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes. INTENSIVE 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| INTENSIVE itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 187) | 138 | 187 | 120 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
49 of the 187 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: INVENIT, VENITES, VISITEE, NEIVES, STEVEN, STIEVE, VENITE, VISITE, EEVNS, EVETS, NEIVE, STIVE and 37 more. 18 of the 187 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: TENNESI, VINS, INNIES, NIENTE, SEV, SINNET, TENESI, TENNES, VIN, INNIE, NENES, TEINS and 6 more.
These 3 words take every letter of INTENSIVE plus a single extra one.