118 words come out when you unscramble OPTATIVE, starting with OPTATIVE itself: 13 in Scrabble, 15 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter word is PIVOT, 10 points. 8 letters: 4 vowels and 4 consonants.
O1P34T1A1T1I1V45E1
Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Words from OPTATIVE by length: 1 with 8 letters, 7 with 6, 15 with 5, 30 with 4, 47 with 3 and 18 with 2. None has 7 letters.
Among the 4-letter words you get when you unscramble OPTATIVE, PAVE, VAPE and VOIP tie for first at 9 points. VOTE, TAPE and TOTE are everyday picks.
PAV scores highest among the 3-letter words from OPTATIVE at 8 points, ahead of AVE and AVO on 6. TOP, PET and EAT are the ones most people know.
Trade one tile of OPTATIVE for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 8-letter words: starting with OP · ending in VE · all 8-letter words
What OPTATIVE means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes. OPTATIVE 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| OPTATIVE itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 118) | 94 | 118 | 86 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
24 of the 118 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: VOIP, APTOTE, PAV, TAPETI, PATTE, POTAE, TAPET, VIAE, VITE, EVO, PIET, POTE and 12 more. 8 of the 118 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: VAPE, PITOT, PITTA, APO, OPA, PO, OI and TE.
These 3 words take every letter of OPTATIVE plus a single extra one.