Unscramble PRIVATIVE and you have 168 words, PRIVATIVE itself among them: it scores 17 in Scrabble and 20 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter word is PRIVATE, 12 points. The 9 letters split into 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from PRIVATIVE split into 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 7, 8 with 6, 36 with 5, 56 with 4, 51 with 3 and 15 with 2. None has 8 letters.
There is a single one of the 7-letter words made with PRIVATIVE letters: PRIVATE, 12 points.
VARVE, VIVAT and VIVER are the top 5-letter words from PRIVATIVE, 11 points each. VIPER, TAPER and AVERT will look familiar.
Among the 4-letter words you get when you unscramble PRIVATIVE, VIVA and VIVE tie for first at 10 points. PART, RATE and TRIP are everyday picks.
Among the 3-letter words you get when you unscramble PRIVATIVE, VAV leads with 9 points, then PAV on 8 and AVE on 6. ARE, ART and AIR are the familiar ones.
Trade one tile of PRIVATIVE for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 9-letter words: starting with PR · ending in VE · all 9-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with PRIVATE (12 points).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
PRIVATIVE 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| PRIVATIVE itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 168) | 131 | 167 | 122 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
36 of the 168 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: VIVER, PAREV, TAIVER, PAV, PTERIA, TAVER, VAIRE, APERT, PAIRE, PARTI, PERAI, PETAR and 24 more. 9 of the 168 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: VIVAT, VAPER, PERV, VAPE, PERITI, PRATIE, ARIE, RAI and TE. 1 of the 168 answers is missing from Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: ITER.
Each word below uses all the letters of PRIVATIVE and one more.