Unscramble PREFATORILY to get 365 words. PREFATORILY itself is a real word: 19 points on a Scrabble board, 20 in Words With Friends. It has 11 letters, 4 vowels and 7 consonants.
P34R1E1F4A1T1O1R1I1L12Y43
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from PREFATORILY by length: 1 with 11 letters, 6 with 9, 19 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 39 with 2. None has 10 letters.
FOREPLAY tops the 8-letter words in PREFATORILY at 16 points; next come FILATORY on 14 and FIRETRAP on 13. LITERARY, POLARITY and PRETRIAL will look familiar.
Of the 60 7-letter words you get when you unscramble PREFATORILY, 5 score 15 points, the group's best. PROFILE, AIRPORT and REALITY are the ones most people know.
The best of the 6-letter words from PREFATORILY is PERFAY, 14 points; AERIFY and FAIRLY on 12 follow. PLAYER, PROFIT and POETRY are everyday picks.
Among the 5-letter words made with PREFATORILY letters, FLYPE leads with 13 points, then AREFY and FAERY on 11. PARTY, FERRY and FORTY are the familiar ones.
Of the 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble PREFATORILY, 6 score 10 points, the group's best. TYPE, PLAY and FAIR are the ones most people know.
60 3-letter words from PREFATORILY; 5 of them share the top score of 9. PAY, YET and TRY are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of PREFATORILY but one, change that one, and you get:
More 11-letter words: starting with PR · ending in LY · all 11-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with FOREPLAY (16 points).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
In Scrabble, yes: PREFATORILY 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| PREFATORILY itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 365) | 290 | 362 | 270 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
72 of the 365 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: PREFATORILY, PILFERY, FILATORY, PERFAY, PYROLATER, FLYPE, FORELAY, FRATERY, PORTERLY, PORTFIRE, TRIFOLY, FORRAY and 60 more. 21 of the 365 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: TORPEFY, PORIFERAL, PROLETARY, TERAFLOP, ROTIFERAL, TREYFA, FELTY, FOLEY, PRETORIAL, TRAYF, TREYF, EPILATOR and 9 more. 2 of the 365 answers are missing from Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: ALF and FI. 1 of the 365 answers is missing from Scrabble US and Scrabble UK: OFAY.