Jumble solved
Is RECESSIVE a word? Yes.
RECESSIVE is a valid word in the Scrabble dictionary — 9 letters, worth 14 points before any premium squares. It rearranges into 1 anagram, with 130 words hidden inside it.
- Total words
- 130
- Full anagrams
- 1
- Longest answer
- 9 letters
- Vowels : consonants
- 4 : 5
To solve the scramble by hand, set the 4 vowels (E, E, I, E) aside first, then try common beginnings and endings — re-, un-, -ing, -ed, -er — against the 5 remaining consonants (R, C, S, S, V).
Anagrams of RECESSIVE
One word uses all 9 letters:
- recessive
9-letter words
1 word found8-letter words
4 words found7-letter words
8 words found6-letter words
21 words found- scrive11
+ 6 more 6-letter words
5-letter words
30 words found- vices10
+ 15 more 5-letter words
4-letter words
36 words found+ 21 more 4-letter words
3-letter words
25 words found+ 10 more 3-letter words
2-letter words
5 words foundWords hidden inside RECESSIVE
Without moving a single letter, reading recessive straight through uncovers 4 shorter words — recess, cess, ess, rec. The longest unbroken run is recess.
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Add one letter to RECESSIVE
Slot in one more tile — any letter — and recessive opens up 2 10-letter words. Handy when a puzzle gives you a blank or an extra square.
Best words for tile games
Playing Scrabble or Words with Friends? These finds carry the highest tile values (before any bonus squares).
Letter breakdown
Total Letters
9
Distinct
6
Vowels
44%
E, E, I, E
Consonants
56%
R, C, S, S, V
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Solving RECESSIVE: common questions
How do you unscramble the letters recessive?
Rearranging the 9 letters in recessive produces 130 valid words in total. A quick way to crack a scramble is to pull the vowels out first, then test familiar beginnings and endings (such as re-, un-, -ing, -ed and -er) against the consonants that are left. That approach lands the 9-letter answer recessive here. Every arrangement below is checked against a standard word list, so anything listed is a real word.
Does recessive have any anagrams?
Using all 9 letters, recessive rearranges into exactly one word: recessive.
What is the longest word you can make from recessive?
The longest solution is recessive at 9 letters — it uses the most tiles of any word here.
What are the easiest short words from recessive?
Short answers are the quickest to spot: recessive yields cee, cis, ere, ers, ess, eve, ice, ire, rec and ree. Two- and three-letter words are handy for warming up, for tricky racks, and for hooking onto letters already on the board in games like Scrabble and Words with Friends.
Which word from recessive scores best in Scrabble or Words with Friends?
If you are playing a tile game, recessive is the top scorer from recessive at 14 points, followed by receives (13), scrieves (13) and services (13). Scores depend on the board, but these are the highest face values before any bonus squares.
What smaller words are hidden inside recessive?
Read left to right without moving any letters and recessive already contains 4 shorter words: recess, cess, ess and rec. The longest run of consecutive letters that spells a word is recess. Because this depends on the exact order, each spelling of the same letters hides a different set.