Unscramble OSTENSIVE to get 267 words. OSTENSIVE itself is a real word: 12 points on a Scrabble board, 14 in Words With Friends. VENTOSES is the best of the shorter words, at 11 points. 9 letters: 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Words from OSTENSIVE by length: 1 with 9 letters, 2 with 8, 18 with 7, 54 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 52 with 3 and 20 with 2.
Among 54 6-letter words from OSTENSIVE, the top score is 9, reached by 24. EVENTS, STONES and INVEST are the familiar ones.
Of the 60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble OSTENSIVE, 27 score 8 points, the group's best. SITES, EVENT and NOTES are the ones most people know.
60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble OSTENSIVE; 26 of them share the top score of 7. EVEN, NOTE and SEEN are everyday picks.
Among 52 3-letter words from OSTENSIVE, the top score is 6, reached by 11. NOT, ONE and SEE are the familiar ones.
Trade one tile of OSTENSIVE for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 9-letter words: starting with OS · ending in VE · all 9-letter words
The 7 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by INVESTS, SOVIETS, TENSIVE and VITESSE (10 points each).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
OSTENSIVE 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| OSTENSIVE itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 267) | 184 | 266 | 166 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: VENTOSES, SENVIES, STEVENS, STOVIES, VENITES, VENTOSE, VOTEENS, ESSIVE, NEIVES, OVISTS, STEVEN, STIEVE and 70 more, 82 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: ONESIES, SEVS, VINS, ONESIE, SENSEI, SEV, TENESI, VIN, ESNES, SENES, SENTS, ESNE and 6 more, 18 in all. Not in Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: VON.
Each word below uses all the letters of OSTENSIVE and one more.