150 words come out when you unscramble PREFECTURE, starting with PREFECTURE itself: 17 in Scrabble, 20 in Words With Friends. 10 letters: 4 vowels and 6 consonants.
P34R1E1F4E1C34T1U12R1E1
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from PREFECTURE split into 1 with 10 letters, 1 with 9, 1 with 8, 7 with 7, 17 with 6, 32 with 5, 41 with 4, 39 with 3 and 11 with 2.
PERFECTER is the only one of the 9-letter words in PREFECTURE; it scores 16 points.
There is a single one of the 8-letter words made with PREFECTURE letters: PREERECT, 12 points.
The best of the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble PREFECTURE is CRUFT, 10 points; CREEP and CREPE on 9 follow. PETER, REFER and RUPEE are everyday picks.
Among the 4-letter words from PREFECTURE, CURF leads with 9 points, then CEPE and PERC on 8. FREE, TRUE and TREE are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of PREFECTURE but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with PR · ending in RE · all 10-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by PERFECTER (16 points).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept PREFECTURE, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| PREFECTURE itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 150) | 121 | 150 | 110 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
29 of the 150 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: PERFET, FEUTRE, PEECE, PERCE, PUCER, RETURF, FERER, FREET, RECURE, REPURE, TERFE, FEER and 17 more. 11 of the 150 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: CRUFT, PERC, CERT, PERE, CRU, FE, TEC, URP, TURR, UTE and TE.
This word takes every letter of PREFECTURE plus a single extra one.