Unscramble TALKATIVE and you have 167 words, TALKATIVE itself among them: it scores 16 in Scrabble and 18 in Words With Friends. The 9 letters split into 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from TALKATIVE by length: 1 with 9 letters, 9 with 6, 29 with 5, 60 with 4, 52 with 3 and 16 with 2. None has 8 or 7 letters.
KAVAL, KEVIL and VAKIL share the top score of 12 among the 5-letter words made with TALKATIVE letters. TITLE, ALIVE and VITAL are the ones most people know.
The 4-letter words you get when you unscramble TALKATIVE are led by KAVA, KIEV and KIVA, 11 points each. LIKE, TAKE and LIVE are the familiar ones.
Of the 52 3-letter words from TALKATIVE, 14 score 7 points, the group's best. LET, KIT and EAT are the ones most people know.
Trade one tile of TALKATIVE for another and you can spell this word:
More 9-letter words: starting with TA · ending in VE · all 9-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; KEVIL and VAKIL (12 points each) share the top spot.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept TALKATIVE, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| TALKATIVE itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 167) | 122 | 167 | 116 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: KAVAL, KIEV, AKITA, AVAILE, AVITAL, KATAL, KATTI, KIAAT, KLETT, LAIKA, TALAK, VALETA and 33 more, 45 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: ALKIE, KELT, KETA, VLEI, KI and TE, 6 in all.