Unscramble NORMATIVE to get 286 words. NORMATIVE itself is a real word: 14 points on a Scrabble board, 17 in Words With Friends. 9 letters: 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
N12O1R1M34A1T1I1V45E1
Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from NORMATIVE by length: 1 with 9 letters, 17 with 7, 57 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 31 with 2. None has 8 letters.
Among 57 6-letter words made with NORMATIVE letters, the top score is 11, reached by 4. MARINE, NATIVE and REMAIN are the familiar ones.
60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble NORMATIVE; 11 of them share the top score of 10. MOVIE, ANIME and MEANT are everyday picks.
MIRV and MOVE share the top score of 9 among the 4-letter words from NORMATIVE. OVER, ITEM and MAIN are the ones most people know.
VIM and VOM are the top 3-letter words in NORMATIVE, 8 points each. ARE, ART and MAN will look familiar.
Keep every letter of NORMATIVE but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with NO · ending in VE · all 9-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; OVERMAN, VARMENT, VARMINT, VERMIAN, VITAMER and VOMITER (12 points each) share the top spot.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
NORMATIVE 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| NORMATIVE itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 286) | 229 | 285 | 212 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
56 of the 286 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: VATMEN, AMOVE, VENATOR, VOEMA, AVENIR, MERANTI, MIRV, TAIVER, TORMINA, VIRENT, VORANT, AMORET and 44 more. 17 of the 286 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: MOVANT, ENVIRO, NOVATE, MATIER, OMERTA, AMNIO, AMRIT, MANI, NAV, OATIER, VIN, EMO and 5 more. 1 of the 286 answers is missing from Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: VON.