Unscramble PREFORMATS and you have 345 words, PREFORMATS itself among them: it scores 17 in Scrabble and 19 in Words With Friends. 1 anagram of PREFORMATS is on the page: PERMAFROST, each 17 points. PREFORMAT is the best of the shorter words, at 16 points. It has 10 letters, 3 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from PREFORMATS by length: 2 with 10 letters, 3 with 9, 15 with 8, 54 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 31 with 2.
2 10-letter words made with PREFORMATS letters use every letter: PREFORMATS and its 1 anagram PERMAFROST, all with 17 points.
The 7-letter words from PREFORMATS are led by PERFORM, POMFRET and PREFORM, 14 points each. REPORTS, FORMATS and FARMERS are the familiar ones.
12 of 60 6-letter words in PREFORMATS tie at 11 points; none scores more. FORMAT, MASTER and FORMER will look familiar.
Of the 60 5-letter words made with PREFORMATS letters, 12 score 10 points, the group's best. AFTER, FORMS and FRAME are the ones most people know.
12 of 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble PREFORMATS tie at 9 points; none scores more. FORM, FAST and MAPS will look familiar.
60 3-letter words from PREFORMATS; 5 of them share the top score of 8. MAP, MAR and FAR are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of PREFORMATS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with PR · ending in TS · all 10-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with PERFORMS, POMFRETS and PREFORMS (15 points each).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept PREFORMATS, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| PREFORMATS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 345) | 289 | 343 | 270 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
54 of the 345 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: MORTSAFE, FARMOST, FORPETS, MARSPORT, EMPARTS, FORPET, FRAPES, RAMPERS, EMPART, FERMS, FOMES, FRAPE and 42 more. 21 of the 345 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: FAMS, FARROS, OMERTAS, PARTERS, AFROS, FAM, FARRO, FESTA, OMERTA, SPAM, AFRO, FEST and 9 more. 2 of the 345 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Scrabble UK: EMFS and EMF.
With one more tile, the letters of PREFORMATS spell the words below.