144 words come out when you unscramble TENTATIVE, starting with TENTATIVE itself: 12 in Scrabble, 14 in Words With Friends. TENTATIVE has 1 anagram here, ATTENTIVE, scoring 12 like TENTATIVE itself. The best shorter words score 10: 5 of them, NAIVETE, AVIETTE and EVITATE included. 9 letters: 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
Looking for vetentati? They use the same letters as TENTATIVE, so the words on this page are their answers too.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Words from TENTATIVE by length: 2 with 9 letters, 6 with 7, 8 with 6, 24 with 5, 47 with 4, 42 with 3 and 15 with 2. None has 8 letters.
19 of 47 4-letter words you get when you unscramble TENTATIVE tie at 7 points; none scores more. EVEN, TEEN and ANTI will look familiar.
Keep every letter of TENTATIVE but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with TE · ending in VE · all 9-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; ATTENTIVE (12 points) takes the top spot.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes. TENTATIVE 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| TENTATIVE itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 144) | 104 | 144 | 98 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 40 of them: AVIETTE, EVITATE, VENITE, AVINE, NAEVE, NEIVE, EEVN, EVET, VANT, VIAE, VINT, VITE and 28 more. Words With Friends* skips 6 of them: TAENITE, NAV, VIN, TEIN, TIAN and TE.
Each word below uses all the letters of TENTATIVE and one more.