Unscramble RESTRICTIVE to get 297 words. RESTRICTIVE itself is a real word: 16 points on a Scrabble board, 18 in Words With Friends. VERTICES, SERVICER and VERISTIC are the best of the shorter words, at 13 points. It has 11 letters, 4 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from RESTRICTIVE split into 1 with 11 letters, 3 with 9, 17 with 8, 45 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 40 with 3 and 11 with 2. None has 10 letters.
SERVICER, VERISTIC and VERTICES are the top 8-letter words in RESTRICTIVE, 13 points each. RESTRICT, CRITTERS and STRICTER will look familiar.
Among the 7-letter words you get when you unscramble RESTRICTIVE, SCRIEVE, SERVICE and VITRICS tie for first at 12 points. REVISIT, CRITTER and RETIRES are everyday picks.
Of the 60 6-letter words from RESTRICTIVE, 5 score 11 points, the group's best. SERVER, CITIES and SECRET are the ones most people know.
60 5-letter words made with RESTRICTIVE letters; 5 of them share the top score of 10. VISIT, RIVER and SERVE are everyday picks.
CIVE and VICE share the top score of 9 among the 4-letter words you get when you unscramble RESTRICTIVE. EVER, REST and RISE are the ones most people know.
These 2 words have the length of RESTRICTIVE, with one letter different:
More 11-letter words: starting with RE · ending in VE · all 11-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with SERVICER, VERISTIC and VERTICES (13 points each).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
RESTRICTIVE 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| RESTRICTIVE itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 297) | 235 | 296 | 217 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: RIVERIEST, REVERIST, RIVERETS, TRIETERIC, CIVES, RECTITIS, REVERSI, RIVERET, SERICITE, STIEVER, STIVIER, TIERCETS and 49 more, 61 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: SIEVERT, VETTERS, VETTER, RECITS, CERTS, CRITS, ETICS, ETRIERS, RECIT, CERT, CRIT, ETRIER and 6 more, 18 in all. Not in Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: ITER.
This word takes every letter of RESTRICTIVE plus a single extra one.