203 words come out when you unscramble SELECTIVE, starting with SELECTIVE itself: 14 in Scrabble, 17 in Words With Friends. SELECTIVE has 2 anagrams here, CLEVEITES and ELECTIVES, scoring 14 like SELECTIVE itself. 9 letters: 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Words from SELECTIVE by length: 3 with 9 letters, 4 with 8, 11 with 7, 25 with 6, 51 with 5, 60 with 4, 38 with 3 and 11 with 2.
Among 25 6-letter words you get when you unscramble SELECTIVE, the top score is 11, reached by 5. SELECT, SLEEVE and ELITES are the familiar ones.
5 of 51 5-letter words in SELECTIVE tie at 10 points; none scores more. STEEL, LIVES and ELITE will look familiar.
The 4-letter words made with SELECTIVE letters are led by CIVE and VICE, 9 points each. SITE, LIST and LIVE are the familiar ones.
Of the 38 3-letter words you get when you unscramble SELECTIVE, 7 score 6 points, the group's best. SEE, ITS and SET are the ones most people know.
Trade one tile of SELECTIVE for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 9-letter words: starting with SE · ending in VE · all 9-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with CLEVEITES and ELECTIVES (14 points each).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept SELECTIVE, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SELECTIVE itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 203) | 160 | 203 | 145 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 43 of them: CLEEVES, CLEEVE, CLEVES, CIVES, CLEVE, LEVITES, CIVE, LEVITE, LIEVES, STIEVE, EVETS, LEVES and 31 more. Words With Friends* skips 15 of them: SLIEVE, LEVIS, VLEIS, CLITS, ETICS, LEVS, VLEI, CLIT, SEV, TECS, LITES, TEC and 3 more.