Unscramble INVERTASE and you have 338 words, INVERTASE itself among them: it scores 12 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. 9 shorter words score 11, among them VETERANS, AVENTRES and EVIRATES. It has 9 letters, 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from INVERTASE split into 1 with 9 letters, 14 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 23 with 2.
33 of 60 7-letter words in INVERTASE tie at 10 points; none scores more. EASTERN, ENTRIES and NEAREST will look familiar.
Every one of the 60 6-letter words you get when you unscramble INVERTASE scores 9. EVENTS, NATIVE and INVEST are everyday picks.
The 5-letter words from INVERTASE come to 60, each scoring 8 points. NEVER, EVENT and SEVEN are the familiar ones.
Of the 60 4-letter words in INVERTASE, 54 score 7 points, the group's best. EVEN, SAVE and EVER are the ones most people know.
60 3-letter words made with INVERTASE letters; 19 of them share the top score of 6. ARE, ITS and ART are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of INVERTASE but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with IN · ending in SE · all 9-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by NAIVETES, NERVIEST, RAVENEST, REINVEST, SIRVENTE and VETERANS (11 points each).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
INVERTASE works in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it appears in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| INVERTASE itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 338) | 259 | 338 | 244 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
79 of the 338 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: AVENTRES, EVIRATES, SERVIENT, AVENIRS, AVENTRE, EVIRATE, STIEVER, TAIVERS, VENITES, VENTRES, ARVEES, AVENIR and 67 more. 15 of the 338 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: RAVENEST, RAVIEST, SIEVERT, STEVIA, VERSIN, NAVS, STERANE, VINS, NAV, SEV, VIN, ATS and 3 more.
These 6 words take every letter of INVERTASE plus a single extra one.