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Anagrams of SELECTIVE

SELECTIVE has 9 letters and 2 anagrams that use every letter: ELECTIVES and CLEVEITES. Its letters also make 147 shorter words, listed below by length with their points.

SELECTIVE: tending to select (WordNet 3.1, Princeton University)

Full anagrams of SELECTIVE (2)

Every word below uses all 9 letters of SELECTIVE (S E L E C T I V E), each exactly once.

  • ELECTIVES15
  • CLEVEITES15
ELECTIVES
form of ELECTIVE: a course that the student can select from among alternatives

8-letter words from the letters of SELECTIVE (4)

  • CLEVEITE14
  • ELECTIVE14
  • EVICTEES14
  • TELEVISE12

7-letter words from the letters of SELECTIVE (9)

  • CELESTE9
  • EELIEST7
  • EVICTEE13
  • EVILEST11
  • LIEVEST11
  • SECTILE9
  • STEELIE7
  • VELITES11
  • VESICLE13

6-letter words from the letters of SELECTIVE (17)

  • CIVETS12
  • CLEVIS12
  • ELECTS8
  • ELITES6
  • EVICTS12
  • EVITES10
  • LEVEES10
  • LEVIES10
  • LISTEE6
  • LIVEST10
  • SELECT8
  • SLEEVE10
  • STEEVE10
  • STELIC8
  • SVELTE10
  • VESTEE10
  • VILEST10

5-letter words from the letters of SELECTIVE (30)

  • CEILS7
  • CELTS7
  • CESTI7
  • CETES7
  • CITES7
  • CIVET11
  • ELECT7
  • ELITE5
  • ELVES9
  • EVICT11
  • EVILS9
  • EVITE9
  • ISLET5
  • ISTLE5
  • LEETS5
  • LEVEE9
  • LIEVE9
  • LIVES9
  • SIEVE9
  • SLEET5
  • SLICE7
  • STEEL5
  • STELE5
  • STILE5
  • TEELS5
  • TELES5
  • TELIC7
  • TILES5
  • VEILS9
  • VICES11

4-letter words from the letters of SELECTIVE (47)

  • CEES6
  • CEIL6
  • CELS6
  • CELT6
  • CETE6
  • CIST6
  • CITE6
  • EELS4
  • ELSE4
  • ETIC6
  • EVES8
  • EVIL8
  • ICES6
  • ISLE4
  • LEES4
  • LEET4
  • LEIS4
  • LEST4
  • LETS4
  • LICE6
  • LIES4
  • LIST4
  • LITE4
  • LITS4
  • LIVE8
  • SECT6
  • SEEL4
  • SICE6
  • SILT4
  • SITE4
  • SLIT4
  • TEEL4
  • TEES4
  • TELE4
  • TELS4
  • TICS6
  • TIES4
  • TILE4
  • TILS4
  • VEES8
  • VEIL8
  • VEST8
  • VETS8
  • VICE10
  • VIES8
  • VILE8
  • VISE8

3-letter words from the letters of SELECTIVE (32)

  • CEE5
  • CEL5
  • CIS5
  • EEL3
  • ELS3
  • EVE7
  • ICE5
  • ITS3
  • LEE3
  • LEI3
  • LET3
  • LEV7
  • LIE3
  • LIS3
  • LIT3
  • SEC5
  • SEE3
  • SEI3
  • SEL3
  • SET3
  • SIC5
  • SIT3
  • TEE3
  • TEL3
  • TIC5
  • TIE3
  • TIL3
  • TIS3
  • VEE7
  • VET7
  • VIE7
  • VIS7

2-letter words from the letters of SELECTIVE (8)

  • EL2
  • ES2
  • ET2
  • IS2
  • IT2
  • LI2
  • SI2
  • TI2

What the words from SELECTIVE mean

ELECTIVE
a course that the student can select from among alternatives
SEE
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
LET
make it possible through a specific action or lack of action for something to happen
LIVE
be an inhabitant of or reside in
SIT
be seated

Short definitions from WordNet 3.1 (Princeton University).

SELECTIVE in numbers

Letters
9 (4 vowels, 7 different)
Full anagrams
2
Words from its letters
147
Longest shorter word
CLEVEITE, ELECTIVE and EVICTEES (8 letters)
Best score
ELECTIVES, 15 points
SELECTIVE itself
15 points before bonus squares

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What is an anagram of SELECTIVE?

ELECTIVES and CLEVEITES: the words using exactly the letters S E L E C T I V E, each once.

How many words can you make from the letters of SELECTIVE?

149 words of two letters or more (2 using all 9 letters), each letter used at most once, from Wordtide's English dictionary (the public-domain ENABLE list without offensive words).

What is the highest-scoring word from SELECTIVE?

ELECTIVES, worth 15 points with Wordtide letter values before bonus squares.

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