Unscramble PREEMPTIVE and you have 173 words, PREEMPTIVE itself among them: it scores 19 in Scrabble and 23 in Words With Friends. 10 letters: 4 vowels and 6 consonants.
P34R1E1E1M34P34T1I1V45E1
Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Words from PREEMPTIVE by length: 1 with 10 letters, 6 with 7, 22 with 6, 38 with 5, 60 with 4, 34 with 3 and 12 with 2. None has 9 or 8 letters.
PRIMP scores highest among the 5-letter words from PREEMPTIVE at 11 points, ahead of MIEVE and PEEVE on 10. PETER, PRIME and METER are the ones most people know.
PIMP tops the 4-letter words you get when you unscramble PREEMPTIVE at 10 points; next come MEVE and MIRV on 9. TIME, ITEM and TERM will look familiar.
VIM scores highest among the 3-letter words you get when you unscramble PREEMPTIVE at 8 points, ahead of IMP and PEP on 7. PET, MET and TIP are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of PREEMPTIVE but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with PR · ending in VE · all 10-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; PREEMPT (13 points) takes the top spot.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
PREEMPTIVE works in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it appears in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| PREEMPTIVE itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 173) | 134 | 172 | 129 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: PEEVER, PREEVE, PRIEVE, MIEVE, PERMIE, PERVE, PREVE, TIPPEE, MEVE, MIRV, MPRET, PEEPE and 26 more, 38 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: PERV, PERP, PERE, TREM and TE, 5 in all. Not in Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: ITER.