Unscramble SELECTIVITY to get 260 words. SELECTIVITY itself is a real word: 19 points on a Scrabble board, 21 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.
By length, the words from SELECTIVITY split into 1 with 11 letters, 1 with 10, 1 with 9, 7 with 8, 15 with 7, 49 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 54 with 3 and 12 with 2.
Just 1 of the 10-letter words in SELECTIVITY: ELECTIVITY, for 18 points.
SECTILITY is the only one of the 9-letter words made with SELECTIVITY letters; it scores 14 points.
LEVITY tops the 6-letter words made with SELECTIVITY letters at 12 points; next come CETYLS and CIVETS on 11. SELECT, CITIES and TITLES will look familiar.
STIVY, VEILY and YEVES share the top score of 11 among the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble SELECTIVITY. VISIT, STYLE and CIVIL are the ones most people know.
Among the 4-letter words from SELECTIVITY, LEVY, TIVY and YEVE tie for first at 10 points. CITY, LIVE and EYES are everyday picks.
The 3-letter words in SELECTIVITY are led by IVY and VLY, 9 points each. SEE, ITS and SET are the familiar ones.
What SELECTIVITY means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes. SELECTIVITY 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SELECTIVITY itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 260) | 187 | 260 | 167 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: ELECTIVITY, STIEVELY, LEVITIC, CETYLS, CIVILS, CLEVES, CYTISI, STIVY, VEILIEST, VEILY, YEVES, CETYL and 61 more, 73 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: TELICITY, SLIEVE, SLITTY, CEILIS, LEVIS, VLEIS, YEETS, CEILI, CLITS, ETICS, LEVS, VLEI and 8 more, 20 in all.