Possible Words From tentative
Words from TENTATIVE by length: 2 with 9 letters, 7 with 7, 8 with 6, 25 with 5, 47 with 4, 44 with 3 and 15 with 2. None has 8 letters.
Combined: NWL2023, Collins Scrabble Words 2024, WOW24 and Words With Friends together. Rude words are left out.
9 Letter Words You Can Make with tentative
2 words · top score 12 · everyday: TENTATIVE, ATTENTIVE
The 9-letter words in TENTATIVE are 2: TENTATIVE itself and 1 anagram, ATTENTIVE. Each scores 12 points.
7 Letter Words You Can Make with tentative
7 words · top score 10 (+50 for all 7 tiles)
Among 7 7-letter words made with TENTATIVE letters, the top score is 10, reached by 5.
6 Letter Words You Can Make with tentative
8 words · top score 9 · everyday: NATIVE
Among the 6-letter words you get when you unscramble TENTATIVE, NATIVE, VENITE and VITTAE tie for first at 9 points.
5 Letter Words You Can Make with tentative
25 words · top score 8 · everyday: EVENT, TITAN, EATEN
Of the 25 5-letter words from TENTATIVE, 12 score 8 points, the group's best. EVENT, TITAN and EATEN are the ones most people know.
4 Letter Words You Can Make with tentative
47 words · top score 7 · everyday: EVEN, TEEN, ANTI
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.
3 Letter Words You Can Make with tentative
44 words · top score 6 · everyday: NET, VAN, TEN
Of the 44 3-letter words from TENTATIVE, 13 score 6 points, the group's best. NET, VAN and TEN are the ones most people know.
2 Letter Words You Can Make with tentative
15 words · top score 2 · everyday: IN, IT, AT
Every one of the 15 2-letter words in TENTATIVE scores 2. IN, IT and AT are everyday picks.
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Change One Tile in TENTATIVE
Keep every letter of TENTATIVE but one, change that one, and you get:
- V S gives INTESTATE · words from intestate
- T L gives VENTILATE · words from ventilate
More 9-letter words: starting with TE · ending in VE · all 9-letter words
Definitions for the Top TENTATIVE Plays
What TENTATIVE means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
- TENTATIVE 12 · 14
- under terms not final or fully worked out or agreed upon
- ATTENTIVE 12 · 14
- (often followed by `to') giving care or attention
- NAIVETE 10 · 12
- lack of sophistication or worldliness
- NAVETTE 10 · 12
- a gem cut in a pointed oval form
- VITTATE 10 · 11
- a streak or band of color
- NATIVE 9 · 11
- characteristic of or existing by virtue of geographic origin
- VITTAE 9 · 10
- a streak or band of color
- EVENT 8 · 10
- something that happens at a given place and time
Can You Play TENTATIVE in Scrabble and Words With Friends?
Yes. TENTATIVE is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it is in the Words With Friends list.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| TENTATIVE itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 148) | 104 | 148 | 98 |
* US: NWL2023. UK: Collins CSW24. Words With Friends' list can change.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 44 of them: AVIETTE, EVITATE, VENITE, AVINE, NAEVE, NEIVE, EEVN, EVET, TENIATE, VANT, VIAE, VINT and 32 more. Words With Friends* skips 6 of them: TAENITE, NAV, VIN, TEIN, TIAN and TE.
148 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.
Longer Words Built on TENTATIVE
Each word below uses all the letters of TENTATIVE and one more.