derivative needs no unscrambling at all — the ten-letter word is already the strongest play its own letters allow, banking 17 points in Scrabble as it stands. In all, 214 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
derivative is the highest-scoring word from derivative, worth 17 points in Scrabble. The top 10 of 214 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
Only one ten-letter word uses the letters in derivative — and it is derivative itself. No unscrambling is needed: the word is already playable as written, worth 17 points in Scrabble.
Unscrambling derivative produces exactly one nine-letter word: deviative. It is not one of the common answers — a genuine unscrambler find — and it banks 16 points in Scrabble.
There are 2 eight-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in derivative. No common everyday answer stands out among these eight-letter results, so let the score decide: the highest-scoring words are derivate and ideative, each worth 12 points in Scrabble.
The full list follows, sorted A to Z; every score reflects tile constraints and skips board bonuses.
Rearranging the letters in derivative produces 8 valid seven-letter words. No common everyday answer stands out among these seven-letter results, so let the score decide: the highest-scoring words are revived, viverid, and vivider, each worth 14 points in Scrabble.
Below, the list runs in alphabetical order, with each score based on the playable tile set — premium squares not included.
Unscrambling derivative turns up 29 six-letter words. No common everyday answer stands out among these six-letter results, so let the score decide: the highest-scoring words are revved and varved, each worth 13 points in Scrabble.
The words below are listed alphabetically. Scores count playable tiles only and leave out premium-square bonuses.
There are 52 five-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in derivative. If a familiar word is all you need, start with aired, drive, tired, trade, and tried. For points, the strongest play is vivid — worth 12 points in Scrabble.
The full list follows, sorted A to Z; every score reflects tile constraints and skips board bonuses.
Rearranging the letters in derivative produces 61 valid four-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with dare, date, dear, deer, diet, dirt, and dive. For points, the strongest plays are viva and vive — each worth 10 points in Scrabble.
Below, the list runs in alphabetical order, with each score based on the playable tile set — premium squares not included.
Unscrambling derivative turns up 44 three-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with aid, air, are, art, ate, die, and ear. For points, the strongest play is vav — worth 9 points in Scrabble.
The words below are listed alphabetically. Scores count playable tiles only and leave out premium-square bonuses.
There are 16 two-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in derivative. If a familiar word is all you need, start with ad, at, id, and it. For points, the strongest plays are ad, da, de, ed, and id — each worth 3 points in Scrabble.
The full list follows, sorted A to Z; every score reflects tile constraints and skips board bonuses.
1 eleven-letter word can be made using all the letters in derivative plus one additional letter.
derivative is in the NWL, the official Scrabble word list for North America, and in the Words With Friends dictionary, so it's playable exactly as it stands and needs no unscrambling.
The 2-point gap between the two totals comes from the tile values themselves: Scrabble and Words With Friends price the same letters differently.
Dictionaries record five senses for derivative. Scrabble and Words With Friends score tiles and not meanings, so every sense below is worth the same 17 points on a Scrabble board:
derivative is the only ten-letter word the same letters produce. No arrangement of the same tiles scores higher in Scrabble, so playing derivative unchanged also takes the maximum points these letters offer.
The highest-scoring play from these letters is derivative, worth 17 points in Scrabble, and no other word from derivative earns more points in Scrabble. Words With Friends prices the same letters differently, so the top of the list changes on a Words With Friends board. Both scores count tile values only and exclude premium squares.
The letters in derivative produce 214 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 1 ten-letter word, 1 nine-letter word, 2 eight-letter words, 8 seven-letter words, 29 six-letter words, 52 five-letter words, 61 four-letter words, 44 three-letter words and 16 two-letter words.