Jumble solved
Is SENSITIVE a word? Yes.
SENSITIVE is a valid word in the Scrabble dictionary — 9 letters, worth 12 points before any premium squares. It rearranges into 1 anagram, with 151 words hidden inside it.
- Total words
- 151
- Full anagrams
- 1
- Longest answer
- 9 letters
- Vowels : consonants
- 4 : 5
To solve the scramble by hand, set the 4 vowels (E, I, I, E) aside first, then try common beginnings and endings — re-, un-, -ing, -ed, -er — against the 5 remaining consonants (S, N, S, T, V).
sensitive in a sentence
“She was too sensitive to abuse and calumny.”
— Webster 1913
Anagrams of SENSITIVE
One word uses all 9 letters:
- sensitive
9-letter words
1 word found8-letter words
3 words found7-letter words
9 words found6-letter words
19 words found+ 4 more 6-letter words
5-letter words
38 words found+ 23 more 5-letter words
4-letter words
43 words found+ 28 more 4-letter words
3-letter words
28 words found+ 13 more 3-letter words
2-letter words
10 words foundWords hidden inside SENSITIVE
Without moving a single letter, reading sensitive straight through uncovers 3 shorter words — ens, sen, sit. The longest unbroken run is ens.
Related jumbles to try
Shorter words inside SENSITIVE — solve each on its own:
Add one letter to SENSITIVE
Slot in one more tile — any letter — and sensitive opens up 3 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, I, I, E
Consonants
56%
S, N, S, T, V
Browse more word lists
Explore every word of a given length — each links to its anagrams and solution.
Practise your unscrambling
Unscrambling gets faster with reps — these two are built for that.
Solving SENSITIVE: common questions
How do you unscramble the letters sensitive?
Rearranging the 9 letters in sensitive produces 151 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 sensitive here. Every arrangement below is checked against a standard word list, so anything listed is a real word.
Does sensitive have any anagrams?
Using all 9 letters, sensitive rearranges into exactly one word: sensitive.
What is the longest word you can make from sensitive?
The longest solution is sensitive at 9 letters — it uses the most tiles of any word here.
What are the easiest short words from sensitive?
Short answers are the quickest to spot: sensitive yields ens, ess, est, eve, ins, its, nee, net, nit and see. 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.
How is the word "sensitive" used in a sentence?
Sensitive is itself a valid word. For example: "She was too sensitive to abuse and calumny." Seeing a jumble answer used in a real sentence makes it easier to remember next time it turns up.
Which word from sensitive scores best in Scrabble or Words with Friends?
If you are playing a tile game, sensitive is the top scorer from sensitive at 12 points, followed by invitees (11), veiniest (11) and invests (10). Scores depend on the board, but these are the highest face values before any bonus squares.
What smaller words are hidden inside sensitive?
Read left to right without moving any letters and sensitive already contains 3 shorter words: ens, sen and sit. The longest run of consecutive letters that spells a word is ens. Because this depends on the exact order, each spelling of the same letters hides a different set.