Unscramble SICCATIVES to get 237 words. SICCATIVES itself is a real word: 17 points on a Scrabble board, 20 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, SICCATIVE leads with 16 points. It has 10 letters, 4 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from SICCATIVES by length: 1 with 10 letters, 2 with 9, 7 with 8, 13 with 7, 33 with 6, 57 with 5, 60 with 4, 50 with 3 and 14 with 2.
CIVICS tops the 6-letter words you get when you unscramble SICCATIVES at 13 points; next come ACTIVE and CAVIES on 11. ACCESS, CITIES and VISITS will look familiar.
CIVIC scores highest among the 5-letter words from SICCATIVES at 12 points, ahead of CAVES and CAVIE on 10. SITES, VISIT and CASES are the ones most people know.
60 4-letter words in SICCATIVES; 4 of them share the top score of 9. CASE, SAVE and EAST are everyday picks.
Among the 3-letter words made with SICCATIVES letters, VAC leads with 8 points, then AVE and SAV on 6. ITS, SET and ACT are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of SICCATIVES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with SI · ending in ES · all 10-letter words
Here is what the 7 strongest answers mean; CAVITIES and CIVICS (13 points each) share the top spot.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
SICCATIVES is a Scrabble word (Scrabble US and Scrabble UK), though the list Words With Friends is built on leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SICCATIVES itself | Yes | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 237) | 183 | 237 | 167 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: ACTIVISES, ACTIVISE, CAITIVES, VICIATES, CAECITIS, CAITIVE, VICIATE, ACCITES, CECITIS, ACCITE, CISTIC, CIVES and 42 more, 54 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: SICCATIVES, SICCATIVE, VESICAS, STEVIAS, STEVIA, ETICS, SEVS, SEV, TECS, TASES, TEC, ESTS and 4 more, 16 in all.