Unscramble SUBMISSIVE and you have 118 words, SUBMISSIVE itself among them: it scores 17 in Scrabble and 21 in Words With Friends. It has 10 letters, 4 vowels and 6 consonants.
S1U12B34M34I1S1S1I1V45E1
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from SUBMISSIVE by length: 1 with 10 letters, 1 with 8, 4 with 7, 16 with 6, 20 with 5, 35 with 4, 30 with 3 and 11 with 2. None has 9 letters.
Just 1 of the 8-letter words in SUBMISSIVE: MISSIVES, for 13 points.
BIVIUM scores highest among the 6-letter words you get when you unscramble SUBMISSIVE at 13 points, ahead of MUSIVE on 11 and IMBUES on 10. ISSUES, MISSES and MISUSE are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of SUBMISSIVE but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with SU · ending in VE · all 10-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by MISSIVES (13 points).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
SUBMISSIVE works in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it appears in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SUBMISSIVE itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 118) | 100 | 118 | 90 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: BIVIUM, MUSIVE, EMBUS, VIBS, VISIES, VUMS, VISIE, MUSSE, SIMIS, MEUS, SIMI, UMES and 6 more, 18 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: VUM, SEVS, SUMIS, SEV, SUMI, BES, MES, SUSES, UMS and SUS, 10 in all.