Unscramble REDEMPTIVE and you have 276 words, REDEMPTIVE itself among them: it scores 18 in Scrabble and 21 in Words With Friends. 5 shorter words score 13, among them TEMPERED, DEPRIVE and PREDIVE. It has 10 letters, 4 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from REDEMPTIVE split into 1 with 10 letters, 1 with 8, 28 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 50 with 3 and 16 with 2. None has 9 letters.
TEMPERED is the only one of the 8-letter words in REDEMPTIVE; it scores 13 points.
4 of 28 7-letter words made with REDEMPTIVE letters tie at 13 points; none scores more. DEPRIVE, EMPTIED and METERED will look familiar.
Of the 60 6-letter words from REDEMPTIVE, 5 score 12 points, the group's best. PERMIT, EMPIRE and REDEEM are the ones most people know.
The best of the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble REDEMPTIVE is MEVED, 11 points; DEMPT and IMPED on 10 follow. DRIVE, PETER and PRIME are everyday picks.
Among 60 4-letter words from REDEMPTIVE, the top score is 9, reached by 5. ITEM, EVER and MEET are the familiar ones.
VIM scores highest among the 3-letter words in REDEMPTIVE at 8 points, ahead of DEV and DIV on 7. RED, DIE and PET are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of REDEMPTIVE but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with RE · ending in VE · all 10-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by DEPRIVE, PREDIVE and TEMPERED (13 points each).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept REDEMPTIVE, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| REDEMPTIVE itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 276) | 205 | 276 | 198 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: PREEVED, PRIEVED, DEPRIME, DIREMPT, MIEVED, MIRVED, PERVED, PREVED, EMPTED, MEVED, PEEVER, PREEVE and 59 more, 71 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: PERV, DEVI, PEDI, VID, DEP, PERE and TE, 7 in all.
This word takes every letter of REDEMPTIVE plus a single extra one.