Unscramble SUSTENTIVE to get 259 words. SUSTENTIVE itself is a real word: 13 points on a Scrabble board, 16 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter word is STIEVEST, 11 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 SUSTENTIVE by length: 1 with 10 letters, 4 with 8, 16 with 7, 54 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 48 with 3 and 16 with 2. None has 9 letters.
15 of 54 6-letter words you get when you unscramble SUSTENTIVE tie at 9 points; none scores more. EVENTS, SUITES and TISSUE will look familiar.
Of the 60 5-letter words from SUSTENTIVE, 21 score 8 points, the group's best. SITES, ISSUE and EVENT are the ones most people know.
Among 60 4-letter words made with SUSTENTIVE letters, the top score is 7, reached by 18. SITE, EVEN and SEEN are the familiar ones.
48 3-letter words you get when you unscramble SUSTENTIVE; 7 of them share the top score of 6. USE, SEE and ITS are everyday picks.
These 6 words have the length of SUSTENTIVE, with one letter different:
More 10-letter words: starting with SU · ending in VE · all 10-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with INVESTS, TENSIVE, TUSSIVE, VENUSES and VITESSE (10 points each).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
In Scrabble, yes: SUSTENTIVE is playable in Scrabble UK. It is not in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SUSTENTIVE itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 259) | 191 | 259 | 165 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 68 of them: SUSTENTIVE, STIEVEST, SENVIES, STEVENS, VENITES, ESSIVE, NEIVES, STEVEN, STIEVE, STIVES, VENITE, VISNES and 56 more. Words With Friends* skips 26 of them: VENUSES, ENSUITES, VENUS, ENSUITE, SEVS, VINS, SENSEI, SEV, STENTS, SUETES, TENESI, UNSEES and 14 more.