Unscramble RECESSIVES and you have 176 words, RECESSIVES itself among them: it scores 15 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter word is RECESSIVE, 14 points. The 10 letters split into 4 vowels and 6 consonants.
R1E1C34E1S1S1I1V45E1S1
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from RECESSIVES split into 1 with 10 letters, 1 with 9, 8 with 8, 15 with 7, 28 with 6, 43 with 5, 49 with 4, 25 with 3 and 6 with 2.
Just 1 of the 9-letter words in RECESSIVES: RECESSIVE, for 14 points.
The best of the 6-letter words from RECESSIVES is SCRIVE, 11 points; ESSIVE and REEVES on 9 follow. SERIES, SEVERE and SERVES are everyday picks.
CIVES and VICES share the top score of 10 among the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble RECESSIVES. SERVE, VERSE and RISES are the ones most people know.
CIVE and VICE are the top 4-letter words from RECESSIVES, 9 points each. EVER, RISE and RICE will look familiar.
Trade one tile of RECESSIVES for another and you can spell these 5 words:
More 10-letter words: starting with RE · ending in ES · all 10-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; RECEIVES, SCRIEVES and SERVICES (13 points each) share the top spot.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
RECESSIVES 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| RECESSIVES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 176) | 140 | 176 | 135 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 36 of them: SCREEVES, SCREEVE, IVRESSES, CIVES, ESSIVES, IVRESSE, CESSERS, CIVE, ESSIVE, REVIES, RIEVES, CESSER and 24 more. Words With Friends* skips 5 of them: SEVERIES, SEVS, SEV, RESES and ESSE.
This word takes every letter of RECESSIVES plus a single extra one.