Unscramble INVOCATIVE to get 229 words. INVOCATIVE itself is a real word: 18 points on a Scrabble board, 22 in Words With Friends. It has 10 letters, 5 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from INVOCATIVE split into 1 with 10 letters, 1 with 9, 5 with 8, 9 with 7, 27 with 6, 46 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 20 with 2.
Just 1 of the 9-letter words in INVOCATIVE: NOVICIATE, for 14 points.
VIVACE tops the 6-letter words you get when you unscramble INVOCATIVE at 14 points; next come VOTIVE on 12 and ACTIVE on 11. ACTION, NOTICE and NATIVE will look familiar.
VIVAT scores highest among the 5-letter words made with INVOCATIVE letters at 11 points, ahead of CAVIE and CIVET on 10. VOICE, OCEAN and CANOE are the ones most people know.
Among the 4-letter words you get when you unscramble INVOCATIVE, VIVA, VIVE and VIVO tie for first at 10 points. ONCE, NICE and ANTI are everyday picks.
VAV tops the 3-letter words from INVOCATIVE at 9 points; next come VAC on 8 and AVE on 6. NOT, CAN and ONE will look familiar.
Trade one tile of INVOCATIVE for another and you can spell these 4 words:
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Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; VOCATIVE (16 points) takes the top spot.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
INVOCATIVE is a Scrabble word (Scrabble UK), though the list Words With Friends is built on leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| INVOCATIVE itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 229) | 187 | 228 | 175 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 41 of them: INVOCATIVE, CONVIVE, CAITIVE, VICIATE, COVENT, INCAVE, INCAVI, INCAVO, VIVO, ANOETIC, CIVE, ANETIC and 29 more. Words With Friends* skips 12 of them: NOVICIATE, COVINE, VIVAT, NOVATE, CENTAI, ONCET, NAV, VIN, ECO, TEC, OI and TE. Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends* skip 1 of them: VON.