There are 107 words hidden in the letters of POSITIVE, from 16 two-letter words up to POSITIVE (8 letters). For points, POSITIVE is best at 13.
No other single word uses all 8 letters of POSITIVE. POSITIVE has 8 letters: 4 vowels and 4 consonants, worth 13 points before any board bonuses.
8-letter words 1
6-letter words 6
pities8pivots11postie8potsie8sopite8soviet9
5-letter words 17
estop7ivies8pesto7piste7pivot10poets7poise7posit7spite7stipe7stope7stove8tipis7topes7topis7visit8votes8
4-letter words 37
epos6opes6opts6peso6pest6pets6pies6piet6piso6pits6poet6pois6pose6post6pots6sept6sipe6site4spit6spiv9spot6step6stop6ties4tipi6tips6toes4tope6topi6tops6vest7veto7vets7vies7vise7voes7vote7
3-letter words 30
its3oes3ope5ops5opt5ose3pes5pet5pie5pis5pit5poe5poi5pot5psi5sei3set3sip5sit3sop5sot3tie3tip5tis3toe3top5vet6vie6vis6voe6
2-letter words 16
es2et2is2it2oe2oi2op4os2pe4pi4ps4si2so2ti2to2ts2
Words are from our open word list and include some game-only words. Rude words are left out of this page; the unscrambler shows every valid word, lets you add blank tiles and filter by length.