Unscramble REFRACTIVE and you have 279 words, REFRACTIVE itself among them: it scores 18 in Scrabble and 20 in Words With Friends. The 10 letters split into 4 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from REFRACTIVE by length: 1 with 10 letters, 3 with 8, 19 with 7, 58 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 18 with 2. None has 9 letters.
FACTIVE tops the 7-letter words in REFRACTIVE at 15 points; next come CRAFTER and FIERCER on 12. TERRACE, CATERER and ERRATIC will look familiar.
Among 58 6-letter words you get when you unscramble REFRACTIVE, the top score is 11, reached by 13. CREATE, ACTIVE and CAREER are the familiar ones.
FAVER, FEVER and FIVER are the top 5-letter words from REFRACTIVE, 11 points each. AFTER, RIVER and REFER will look familiar.
FAVE and FIVE share the top score of 10 among the 4-letter words you get when you unscramble REFRACTIVE. FREE, CARE and EVER are the ones most people know.
The best of the 3-letter words from REFRACTIVE is FAV, 9 points; CAF and VAC on 8 follow. ARE, CAR and ART are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of REFRACTIVE but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with RE · ending in VE · all 10-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; CRAFTIER, CREATIVE and REACTIVE (13 points each) share the top spot.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept REFRACTIVE, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| REFRACTIVE itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 279) | 227 | 278 | 212 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
51 of the 279 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: FACTIVE, CAVIER, EVIRATE, FECIT, FRACT, RIVERET, VRAIC, CARIERE, CIVE, TAIVER, TREIFA, ARRECT and 39 more. 15 of the 279 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: CRAFTER, FAVER, AVERTER, VAREC, FAV, RAVIER, TEREFA, CAF, FIREE, IFTAR, ETRIER, FE and 3 more. 1 of the 279 answers is missing from Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: FI.
This word takes every letter of REFRACTIVE plus a single extra one.