Unscramble OPERATIVE and you have 239 words, OPERATIVE itself among them: it scores 14 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. It has 1 anagram, each with the same 14 points: EVAPORITE. Of the shorter words, PERVIATE leads with 13 points. It has 9 letters, 5 vowels and 4 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from OPERATIVE by length: 2 with 9 letters, 1 with 8, 10 with 7, 23 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 23 with 2.
There is a single one of the 8-letter words made with OPERATIVE letters: PERVIATE, 13 points.
Of the 23 6-letter words you get when you unscramble OPERATIVE, 5 score 11 points, the group's best. REPEAT and PIRATE are the ones most people know.
12 of 60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble OPERATIVE tie at 10 points; none scores more. PETER, OPERA and PROVE will look familiar.
Of the 60 4-letter words from OPERATIVE, 5 score 9 points, the group's best. OVER, PART and EVER are the ones most people know.
PAV tops the 3-letter words in OPERATIVE at 8 points; next come AVE and AVO on 6. ARE, TOP and ART will look familiar.
Keep every letter of OPERATIVE but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with OP · ending in VE · all 9-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by OVERAPT, OVERTIP and PRIVATE (12 points each).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes. OPERATIVE is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it is in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| OPERATIVE itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 239) | 182 | 239 | 168 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 57 of them: PERVIATE, PIVOTER, PRIEVE, EVIRATE, PAREV, PERVE, PREVE, TAIVER, VOIP, ARVEE, EPEIRA, PAV and 45 more. Words With Friends* skips 14 of them: PERVO, VAPER, PERV, VAPE, EPATER, PRATIE, OATIER, PERE, APO, OPA, PO, ARO and 2 more.
These 3 words take every letter of OPERATIVE plus a single extra one.