Unscramble VIOLATIVE and you have 152 words, VIOLATIVE itself among them: it scores 15 in Scrabble and 18 in Words With Friends. The 9 letters split into 5 vowels and 4 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from VIOLATIVE by length: 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 8, 2 with 7, 5 with 6, 27 with 5, 56 with 4, 42 with 3 and 18 with 2.
There is a single one of the 8-letter words in VIOLATIVE: VOLITIVE, 14 points.
Of the 27 5-letter words from VIOLATIVE, 4 score 11 points, the group's best. ALIVE, VITAL and VALVE are the ones most people know.
Among the 4-letter words in VIOLATIVE, VIVA, VIVE and VIVO tie for first at 10 points. LOVE, LIVE and LATE are everyday picks.
Among the 3-letter words made with VIOLATIVE letters, VAV leads with 9 points, then AVE and AVO on 6. LET, LOT and OIL are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of VIOLATIVE but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with VI · ending in VE · all 9-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by VOLITIVE (14 points).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes. VIOLATIVE 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| VIOLATIVE itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 152) | 127 | 152 | 123 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
25 of the 152 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: VOLVAE, VOLVE, VIVO, OLIVET, LOAVE, LOVIE, VOLAE, VOLET, AVEL, OVEL, VALI, VIAE and 13 more. 4 of the 152 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: VIVAT, VLEI, OI and TE.