Unscramble PERSEVERATIVE to get 385 words. PERSEVERATIVE itself is a real word: 21 points on a Scrabble board, 24 in Words With Friends. It has 13 letters, 6 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
By length, the words from PERSEVERATIVE split into 1 with 13 letters, 1 with 12, 1 with 11, 2 with 10, 15 with 9, 44 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 21 with 2.
PRESERVATIVE is the only one of the 12-letter words in PERSEVERATIVE; it scores 20 points.
Just 1 of the 11-letter words made with PERSEVERATIVE letters: PERSEVERATE, for 16 points.
PERVERSIVE scores highest among the 10-letter words from PERSEVERATIVE at 18 points, ahead of PRIVATEERS on 15.
Among the 9-letter words you get when you unscramble PERSEVERATIVE, PERVASIVE leads with 17 points, then REVERTIVE on 15 and PERSEVERE on 14. RETRIEVES and REPEATERS are the familiar ones.
44 8-letter words made with PERSEVERATIVE letters; 4 of them share the top score of 14. PRESERVE, RETRIEVE and TRAVERSE are everyday picks.
Among 60 7-letter words you get when you unscramble PERSEVERATIVE, the top score is 13, reached by 7. PRIVATE, RESERVE and REVERSE are the familiar ones.
Of the 60 6-letter words from PERSEVERATIVE, 7 score 12 points, the group's best. SERVER, SEVERE and ARRIVE are the ones most people know.
6 of 60 5-letter words in PERSEVERATIVE tie at 11 points; none scores more. RIVER, SERVE and SAVER will look familiar.
VAVS, VIVA and VIVE share the top score of 10 among the 4-letter words made with PERSEVERATIVE letters. PART, SAVE and PAST are the ones most people know.
The best of the 3-letter words you get when you unscramble PERSEVERATIVE is VAV, 9 points; PAV on 8 and AVE on 6 follow. ARE, ART and AIR are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of PERSEVERATIVE but one, change that one, and you get:
More 13-letter words: starting with PE · ending in VE · all 13-letter words
Here is what the 4 strongest answers mean; AVERSIVE, REPRIEVES, REVIVERS and VETIVERS (14 points each) share the top spot.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept PERSEVERATIVE, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| PERSEVERATIVE itself | Yes | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 385) | 296 | 385 | 271 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: PERVIATES, REPREEVES, VIVERRAS, PERVIATE, REPREEVE, REPRIVES, VIVERRA, PEEVERS, PREEVES, PRIEVES, REPRIVE, VIVRES and 77 more, 89 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: PERSEVERATIVE, REVERTIVE, PERVIEST, ARRESTIVE, PERVIER, VIVATS, AVERTERS, VAPERS, VIVAT, AVERTER, PERVS, RAVIEST and 13 more, 25 in all.