272 words come out when you unscramble PRELUSORY, starting with PRELUSORY itself: 14 in Scrabble, 16 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter word is PYRROLES, 13 points. 9 letters: 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
P34R1E1L12U12S1O1R1Y43
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from PRELUSORY by length: 1 with 9 letters, 2 with 8, 16 with 7, 53 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 20 with 2.
53 6-letter words from PRELUSORY; 15 of them share the top score of 11. SURELY, PURELY and RULERS are everyday picks.
Of the 60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble PRELUSORY, 29 score 10 points, the group's best. REPLY, SORRY and POLES are the ones most people know.
60 4-letter words from PRELUSORY; 21 of them share the top score of 9. PLUS, POUR and POLE are everyday picks.
7 of 60 3-letter words in PRELUSORY tie at 8 points; none scores more. YES, PRO and UPS will look familiar.
Trade one tile of PRELUSORY for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 9-letter words: starting with PR · ending in RY · all 9-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with PYRROLES (13 points).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
In Scrabble, yes: PRELUSORY is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK. It is not in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| PRELUSORY itself | Yes | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 272) | 197 | 272 | 181 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 75 of them: PELORY, PLURRY, POLEYS, SPULYE, POLEY, POYSE, PROULERS, PRYSE, RYPER, SLOPY, SPYRE, UPSEY and 63 more. Words With Friends* skips 16 of them: PRELUSORY, PLOYES, SLURPY, PLOYE, POSEY, PYROS, PYRO, YEPS, RYUS, YOUS, RYU, YER and 4 more.
This word takes every letter of PRELUSORY plus a single extra one.