Unscramble RESTRICTIVES and you have 346 words, RESTRICTIVES itself among them: it scores 17 in Scrabble and 19 in Words With Friends. 12 letters: 4 vowels and 8 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Words from RESTRICTIVES by length: 1 with 12 letters, 1 with 11, 1 with 10, 11 with 9, 39 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 42 with 3 and 11 with 2.
RESTRICTIVE is the only one of the 11-letter words made with RESTRICTIVES letters; it scores 16 points.
There is a single one of the 10-letter words in RESTRICTIVES: RECTITISES, 12 points.
SERVICERS tops the 9-letter words you get when you unscramble RESTRICTIVES at 14 points; next come RESERVIST and RESISTIVE on 12. RESTRICTS will look familiar.
Among 39 8-letter words from RESTRICTIVES, the top score is 13, reached by 6. SERVICES, RESTRICT and VERTICES are the familiar ones.
4 of 60 7-letter words made with RESTRICTIVES letters tie at 12 points; none scores more. SERVICE, SERVERS and SECRETS will look familiar.
Among 60 6-letter words you get when you unscramble RESTRICTIVES, the top score is 11, reached by 5. SERVER, CITIES and CRISIS are the familiar ones.
Of the 60 5-letter words from RESTRICTIVES, 5 score 10 points, the group's best. VISIT, RIVER and SERVE are the ones most people know.
Among the 4-letter words in RESTRICTIVES, CIVE and VICE tie for first at 9 points. EVER, REST and RICE are everyday picks.
This word has the length of RESTRICTIVES, with one letter different:
More 12-letter words: starting with RE · ending in ES · all 12-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with SERVICERS (14 points).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes. RESTRICTIVES is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it is in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| RESTRICTIVES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 346) | 268 | 345 | 247 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: RECTITISES, REVERISTS, RIVERIEST, REVERIST, REVERSIS, RIVERETS, SERICITES, STIEVEST, STIVIEST, TREVISES, TRIETERIC, VISITEES and 65 more, 77 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: SIEVERTS, SIEVERT, VETTERS, SESTERTII, VETTER, CERTS, CRITS, ETICS, ETRIERS, RECIT, SEVS, CERT and 9 more, 21 in all. Not in Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: ITER.