313 words come out when you unscramble RESTRIVING, starting with RESTRIVING itself: 14 in Scrabble, 17 in Words With Friends. RIVETINGS is the best of the shorter words, at 13 points. The 10 letters split into 3 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from RESTRIVING split into 1 with 10 letters, 2 with 9, 20 with 8, 39 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 57 with 3 and 14 with 2.
5 of 20 8-letter words in RESTRIVING tie at 12 points; none scores more. STRIVING, STIRRING and RETIRING will look familiar.
Of the 39 7-letter words from RESTRIVING, 13 score 11 points, the group's best. SERVING, INVITES and RESTING are the ones most people know.
9 of 60 6-letter words you get when you unscramble RESTRIVING tie at 10 points; none scores more. STRING, VIRGIN and INSERT will look familiar.
Of the 60 5-letter words from RESTRIVING, 4 score 9 points, the group's best. VISIT, GIVEN and RIVER are the ones most people know.
The 4-letter words in RESTRIVING are led by GIVE and VIGS, 8 points each. SIGN, RING and GETS are the familiar ones.
VEG and VIG are the top 3-letter words made with RESTRIVING letters, 7 points each. GET, ITS and SET will look familiar.
Keep every letter of RESTRIVING but one, change that one, and you get:
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What RESTRIVING means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes. RESTRIVING 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| RESTRIVING itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 313) | 244 | 313 | 223 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
69 of the 313 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: RIVETINGS, STERVING, RIEVING, STIVING, VERTING, VINTRIES, STIVIER, VIRGES, VIRING, GIRNIEST, REISTING, STRIGINE and 57 more. 21 of the 313 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: REIVINGS, VIRGERS, VIRGER, RINGSTER, VERSIN, GRISTER, STINGE, VINS, GITES, SEV, VIN, GITE and 9 more.
This word takes every letter of RESTRIVING plus a single extra one.