Unscramble TENTATIVES to get 288 words. TENTATIVES itself is a real word: 13 points on a Scrabble board, 15 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter words are TENTATIVE and ATTENTIVE, 12 points each. The 10 letters split into 4 vowels and 6 consonants.
T1E1N12T1A1T1I1V45E1S1
Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
By length, the words from TENTATIVES split into 1 with 10 letters, 5 with 9, 15 with 8, 22 with 7, 45 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 20 with 2.
Of the 45 6-letter words you get when you unscramble TENTATIVES, 18 score 9 points, the group's best. EVENTS, ESTATE and NATIVE are the ones most people know.
36 of 60 5-letter words in TENTATIVES tie at 8 points; none scores more. EVENT, SEVEN and SAINT will look familiar.
Of the 60 4-letter words made with TENTATIVES letters, 37 score 7 points, the group's best. EVEN, SAVE and EAST are the ones most people know.
Among 60 3-letter words you get when you unscramble TENTATIVES, the top score is 6, reached by 16. SEE, ITS and SET are the familiar ones.
Trade one tile of TENTATIVES for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 10-letter words: starting with TE · ending in ES · all 10-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; ATTENTIVE (12 points) takes the top spot.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
TENTATIVES 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| TENTATIVES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 288) | 213 | 288 | 195 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 75 of them: AVIETTES, EVITATES, TASTEVIN, AVIETTE, EVITATE, VENITES, NAEVES, NEIVES, SATIVE, STEVEN, STIEVE, VENITE and 63 more. Words With Friends* skips 18 of them: ENSTATITE, SATINETTE, STEVIA, TAENITES, NAVS, TAENITE, VINS, NAV, SEITAN, SEV, STATIN, TENESI and 6 more.