Unscramble REPRESSIVE and you have 273 words, REPRESSIVE itself among them: it scores 15 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. It has 10 letters, 4 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from REPRESSIVE by length: 1 with 10 letters, 4 with 9, 15 with 8, 38 with 7, 59 with 6, 60 with 5, 57 with 4, 31 with 3 and 8 with 2.
Of the 15 8-letter words made with REPRESSIVE letters, 5 score 13 points, the group's best. RESERVES, PRESERVE and PERVERSE are the ones most people know.
38 7-letter words you get when you unscramble REPRESSIVE; 7 of them share the top score of 12. SERVERS, RESERVE and REVERSE are everyday picks.
Among 59 6-letter words from REPRESSIVE, the top score is 11, reached by 8. SERIES, SERVER and SEVERE are the familiar ones.
60 5-letter words made with REPRESSIVE letters; 7 of them share the top score of 10. PRESS, RIVER and SERVE are everyday picks.
The 4-letter words you get when you unscramble REPRESSIVE are led by PERV, SPIV and VEEP, 9 points each. EVER, RISE and PEER are the familiar ones.
Trade one tile of REPRESSIVE for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 10-letter words: starting with RE · ending in VE · all 10-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with PRESERVES and REPRIEVES (14 points each).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept REPRESSIVE, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| REPRESSIVE itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 273) | 217 | 273 | 205 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: REPRIVES, PEEVERS, PREEVES, PRIEVES, REPRIVE, REREVISES, PEEVER, PERVES, PREEVE, PREVES, PRIEVE, REREVISE and 44 more, 56 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: PERVIER, SERVERIES, SEVERIES, PERVS, PERV, PERES, SEVS, PERE, SEPS, SEV, RESES and ESSE, 12 in all.
Each word below uses all the letters of REPRESSIVE and one more.