Unscramble RECESSIVELY to get 299 words. RECESSIVELY itself is a real word: 19 points on a Scrabble board, 21 in Words With Friends. The 11 letters split into 4 vowels and 7 consonants.
R1E1C34E1S1S1I1V45E1L12Y43
Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from RECESSIVELY by length: 1 with 11 letters, 1 with 10, 4 with 9, 17 with 8, 39 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 48 with 3 and 9 with 2.
SILVEREYES is the only one of the 10-letter words made with RECESSIVELY letters; it scores 16 points.
LIVEYERE, LIVEYERS and SEVERELY share the top score of 14 among the 8-letter words from RECESSIVELY. SERVICES, RECEIVES and VESICLES are the ones most people know.
Among the 7-letter words you get when you unscramble RECESSIVELY, LIVEYER, LIVYERS and SILVERY tie for first at 13 points. SERVICE, RECEIVE and SLEEVES are everyday picks.
5 of 60 6-letter words in RECESSIVELY tie at 12 points; none scores more. LYRICS, SILVER and SEVERE will look familiar.
60 5-letter words made with RECESSIVELY letters; 5 of them share the top score of 11. EVERY, LIVES and SERVE are everyday picks.
The 4-letter words you get when you unscramble RECESSIVELY are led by LEVY, VERY and YEVE, 10 points each. LIVE, EVER and EYES are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of RECESSIVELY but one, change that one, and you get:
More 11-letter words: starting with RE · ending in LY · all 11-letter words
RECESSIVELY first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept RECESSIVELY, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| RECESSIVELY itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 299) | 236 | 299 | 221 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
63 of the 299 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: SILVEREYES, LIVEYERES, SILVEREYE, LIVEYERE, SCREEVES, CLEEVES, SCREEVE, SYVERS, CLEEVE, CLEVES, SERVILES, SLEEVERS and 51 more. 15 of the 299 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: LIVEYERS, LIVEYER, SEVERY, CRESSY, SEVERIES, YESSIREE, SLIEVES, SLIEVE, YESSIR, LEVIS, LEVS, SEVS and 3 more.