Unscramble REACTIVATE and you have 253 words, REACTIVATE itself among them: it scores 15 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. The best shorter words score 13: 7 of them, CREATIVE, ACTIVATE and REACTIVE included. It has 10 letters, 5 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from REACTIVATE by length: 1 with 10 letters, 8 with 8, 19 with 7, 35 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 56 with 3 and 14 with 2. None has 9 letters.
8 of 35 6-letter words you get when you unscramble REACTIVATE tie at 11 points; none scores more. CREATE, ACTIVE and ATTIRE will look familiar.
Among 60 5-letter words from REACTIVATE, the top score is 10, reached by 10. TRACE, TRACT and REACT are the familiar ones.
4 of 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble REACTIVATE tie at 9 points; none scores more. AREA, CARE and RATE will look familiar.
VAC scores highest among the 3-letter words from REACTIVATE at 8 points, ahead of AVA and AVE on 6. ARE, CAR and ART are the ones most people know.
Trade one tile of REACTIVATE for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 10-letter words: starting with RE · ending in TE · all 10-letter words
REACTIVATE first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept REACTIVATE, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| REACTIVATE itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 253) | 197 | 252 | 183 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: CRAVATE, CAVIER, AVIETTE, EVIRATE, EVITATE, TAIVERT, VRAIC, CIVE, TAIVER, TAVERT, TIERCET, VATTER and 43 more, 55 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: AIRVAC, VAREC, ATRETIC, CAVA, VETTER, RECIT, ACAI, CERT, CRIA, CRIT, TEC, ARIE and 2 more, 14 in all. Not in Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: ITER.
Each word below uses all the letters of REACTIVATE and one more.