Unscramble RETENTIVITY and you have 218 words, RETENTIVITY itself among them: it scores 17 in Scrabble and 18 in Words With Friends. 11 letters: 4 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from RETENTIVITY by length: 1 with 11 letters, 1 with 10, 6 with 8, 12 with 7, 38 with 6, 51 with 5, 60 with 4, 37 with 3 and 12 with 2. None has 9 letters.
Just 1 of the 10-letter words in RETENTIVITY: EVITERNITY, for 16 points.
38 6-letter words you get when you unscramble RETENTIVITY; 4 of them share the top score of 12. ENTIRE, ENTITY and INVITE are everyday picks.
Among 51 5-letter words you get when you unscramble RETENTIVITY, the top score is 11, reached by 6. EVERY, NEVER and EVENT are the familiar ones.
Of the 60 4-letter words from RETENTIVITY, 5 score 10 points, the group's best. VERY, EVEN and TEEN are the ones most people know.
What RETENTIVITY means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept RETENTIVITY, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| RETENTIVITY itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 218) | 165 | 217 | 155 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 52 of them: EVITERNITY, VINTRY, VENEY, YEVEN, YEVE, TEENTY, VENITE, VENTRE, VIRENT, YETTIE, YITTEN, ERVEN and 40 more. Words With Friends* skips 10 of them: VETTER, TIYIN, TIYN, TYIN, YEET, VIN, YER, TETRI, TEIN and TE. Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends* skip 1 of them: ITER.