Possible Words From petrify
Counting the words from PETRIFY by length: 1 with 7 letters, 5 with 6, 15 with 5, 38 with 4, 35 with 3 and 14 with 2.
Combined: NWL2023, Collins Scrabble Words 2024, WOW24 and Words With Friends together. Rude words are left out.
7 Letter Words You Can Make with petrify
1 word · top score 15 (+50 for all 7 tiles)
- petrify15
6 Letter Words You Can Make with petrify
5 words · top score 12
The 6-letter words made with PETRIFY letters are led by FERITY and FREITY, 12 points each.
5 Letter Words You Can Make with petrify
15 words · top score 11 · everyday: FIERY, PIETY
4 of 15 5-letter words in PETRIFY tie at 11 points; none scores more. FIERY and PIETY will look familiar.
4 Letter Words You Can Make with petrify
38 words · top score 10 · everyday: TYPE, FIRE, TRIP
RYFE scores highest among the 4-letter words you get when you unscramble PETRIFY at 10 points, ahead of PITY and PREY on 9. TYPE, FIRE and TRIP are the ones most people know.
3 Letter Words You Can Make with petrify
35 words · top score 9 · everyday: YET, TRY, PET
The 3-letter words from PETRIFY are led by FEY and FRY, 9 points each. YET, TRY and PET are the familiar ones.
2 Letter Words You Can Make with petrify
14 words · top score 8 · everyday: IT
FY tops the 2-letter words made with PETRIFY letters at 8 points; next come EF and FE on 5. IT will look familiar.
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PETRIFY With One Letter Changed
Trade one tile of PETRIFY for another and you can spell these 6 words:
- P R gives TERRIFY · unscramble terrify
- P C gives CERTIFY · unscramble certify
- T D gives PERFIDY · words from perfidy
- Y I gives FIREPIT · words from firepit
- F R gives TRIPERY · unscramble tripery
- P M gives METRIFY · unscramble metrify
More 7-letter words: starting with PE · ending in FY · all 7-letter words
What the Best PETRIFY Words Mean
PETRIFY first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
- PETRIFY 15 · 15
- to convert into stone
- FERITY 12 · 11
- the state of being wild
- FIERY 11 · 10
- intensely hot
- PYRITE 11 · 11
- a metallic sulfide
- REIFY 11 · 10
- to regard as real or concrete
- TREYF 11 · 10
- not prepared according to Jewish law
- TYPIER 11 · 11
- characterized by strict conformance to the characteristics of a group
- PIETY 10 · 10
- the quality or state of being pious
Can You Play PETRIFY in Scrabble and Words With Friends?
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept PETRIFY, and the Words With Friends list has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| PETRIFY itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 108) | 77 | 106 | 76 |
* US: NWL2023. UK: Collins CSW24. Words With Friends' list can change.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: FREITY, RIFTY, TRIPEY, PREIF, PRIEF, RYFE, TRIPY, PYET, RYPE, TRYP, FREIT, FY and 17 more, 29 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: TREYF, YER and TE, 3 in all. Not in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK: FI and ITER, 2 in all.
Unscramble PETRIFY and you have 108 words, PETRIFY itself among them: it scores 15 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. FERITY and FREITY are the best of the shorter words, at 12 points. 7 letters: 2 vowels and 5 consonants. All 7 tiles of PETRIFY in one turn: 65 in Scrabble (15 + 50), 50 in Words With Friends (15 + 35).
Longer Words Built on PETRIFY
These 2 words take every letter of PETRIFY plus a single extra one.