Unscramble NATIVITIES and you have 249 words, NATIVITIES itself among them: it scores 13 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. It has 10 letters, 5 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from NATIVITIES by length: 1 with 10 letters, 2 with 9, 6 with 8, 16 with 7, 25 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 19 with 2.
10 of 25 6-letter words you get when you unscramble NATIVITIES tie at 9 points; none scores more. NATIVE, TITANS and INVITE will look familiar.
60 5-letter words in NATIVITIES; 25 of them share the top score of 8. STATE, VISIT and SAINT are everyday picks.
Of the 60 4-letter words made with NATIVITIES letters, 30 score 7 points, the group's best. SAVE, EAST and ANTI are the ones most people know.
Among 60 3-letter words you get when you unscramble NATIVITIES, the top score is 6, reached by 14. ITS, SET and NET are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of NATIVITIES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with NA · ending in ES · all 10-letter words
What NATIVITIES means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept NATIVITIES, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| NATIVITIES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 249) | 192 | 249 | 177 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 57 of them: TASTEVIN, NAIVIST, SATIVE, VISITE, AVINE, AVISE, STIVE, VANTS, VINTS, VISIE, VISNE, VITAS and 45 more. Words With Friends* skips 15 of them: STEVIA, NAVS, VINS, NAV, SEITAN, SEV, STATIN, VIN, STENT, NAES, ATS, EST and 3 more.
These 3 words take every letter of NATIVITIES plus a single extra one.