Unscramble PERVIOUSLY to get 317 words. PERVIOUSLY itself is a real word: 18 points on a Scrabble board, 21 in Words With Friends. It has 2 anagrams, each with the same 18 points: PREVIOUSLY and VIPEROUSLY. OVERPLY, PLOVERY and PURVEYS are the best of the shorter words, at 15 points. It has 10 letters, 4 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from PERVIOUSLY split into 3 with 10 letters, 11 with 8, 37 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 26 with 2. None has 9 letters.
The 10-letter words made with PERVIOUSLY letters are 3: PERVIOUSLY itself and 2 anagrams, VIPEROUSLY and PREVIOUSLY. Each scores 18 points.
OVERPLY, PLOVERY and PURVEYS share the top score of 15 among the 7-letter words from PERVIOUSLY. SPOILER and LEPROSY are the ones most people know.
Among the 6-letter words you get when you unscramble PERVIOUSLY, PURVEY leads with 14 points, then LIVERY and LIVYER on 12. SILVER, SURVEY and VOYEUR are the familiar ones.
PERVY and PRIVY are the top 5-letter words in PERVIOUSLY, 13 points each. REPLY, LIVES and PROVE will look familiar.
The 4-letter words made with PERVIOUSLY letters are led by LEVY and VERY, 10 points each. OVER, LOVE and LIVE are the familiar ones.
IVY and VLY are the top 3-letter words you get when you unscramble PERVIOUSLY, 9 points each. YES, PRO and SPY will look familiar.
Trade one tile of PERVIOUSLY for another and you can spell these 6 words:
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Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; PREVIOUSLY and VIPEROUSLY (18 points each) share the top spot.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
In Scrabble, yes: PERVIOUSLY is playable in Scrabble UK. It is not in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| PERVIOUSLY itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 317) | 235 | 317 | 207 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
82 of the 317 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: PERVIOUSLY, PLOVERY, PYROLISE, PULVERS, SPULYIE, PELORY, PIOYES, POLEYS, PULVER, SPULYE, SYVER, VEILY and 70 more. 28 of the 317 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: PERVY, LOVEYS, SOUPILY, LOVEY, PERVOS, PLOYES, SLURPY, PERVO, PERVS, PLOYE, POSEY, PYROS and 16 more.
With one more tile, the letters of PERVIOUSLY spell the words below.