Unscramble OFFENSIVES and you have 216 words, OFFENSIVES itself among them: it scores 19 in Scrabble and 21 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter word is OFFENSIVE, 18 points. It has 10 letters, 4 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from OFFENSIVES by length: 1 with 10 letters, 1 with 9, 1 with 8, 5 with 7, 28 with 6, 52 with 5, 60 with 4, 49 with 3 and 19 with 2.
There is a single one of the 9-letter words in OFFENSIVES: OFFENSIVE, 18 points.
Just 1 of the 8-letter words made with OFFENSIVES letters: OFFENSES, for 14 points.
Among the 6-letter words you get when you unscramble OFFENSIVES, FOEFIE, OFFIES and SNIFFS tie for first at 12 points. NOISES is an everyday pick.
VIFFS tops the 5-letter words made with OFFENSIVES letters at 14 points; next come FIEFS and FIFES on 11. SENSE, SEVEN and NOISE will look familiar.
VIFF scores highest among the 4-letter words you get when you unscramble OFFENSIVES at 13 points, ahead of EFFS and FIEF on 10. INFO, EVEN and FIVE are the ones most people know.
The 3-letter words from OFFENSIVES are led by EFF, IFF and OFF, 9 points each. ONE, SEE and SON are the familiar ones.
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; OFFENSES and VIFFS (14 points each) share the top spot.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept OFFENSIVES, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| OFFENSIVES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 216) | 158 | 214 | 140 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
56 of the 216 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: FOEFIE, OFFIES, OFFIE, SENVIES, ESSIVE, NEIVES, VISNES, VISONS, EEVNS, FEENS, FENIS, FONES and 44 more. 18 of the 216 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: VIFFS, VIFF, NIFFS, NIFF, ONESIES, SEVS, VINS, FES, ONESIE, SENSEI, SEV, VIN and 6 more. 2 of the 216 answers are missing from Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: VON and FI.