Unscramble PREPARATIVE and you have 296 words, PREPARATIVE itself among them: it scores 18 in Scrabble and 21 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, REPARATIVE leads with 15 points. It has 11 letters, 5 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from PREPARATIVE by length: 1 with 11 letters, 1 with 10, 1 with 9, 10 with 8, 30 with 7, 56 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 17 with 2.
Just 1 of the 10-letter words made with PREPARATIVE letters: REPARATIVE, for 15 points.
There is a single one of the 9-letter words in PREPARATIVE: PRIVATEER, 14 points.
The 7-letter words you get when you unscramble PREPARATIVE are led by PAPAVER and PREPAVE, 14 points each. PRIVATE, PREPARE and PERVERT are the familiar ones.
Of the 56 6-letter words made with PREPARATIVE letters, 4 score 11 points, the group's best. REPAIR, APPEAR and REPEAT are the ones most people know.
Among 60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble PREPARATIVE, the top score is 10, reached by 7. PAPER, RIVER and PETER are the familiar ones.
4 of 60 4-letter words from PREPARATIVE tie at 9 points; none scores more. PART, EVER and PAIR will look familiar.
PAV scores highest among the 3-letter words in PREPARATIVE at 8 points, ahead of APP and PAP on 7. ARE, ART and AIR are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of PREPARATIVE but one, change that one, and you get:
More 11-letter words: starting with PR · ending in VE · all 11-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with PREPAVE (14 points).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept PREPARATIVE, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| PREPARATIVE itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 296) | 225 | 296 | 205 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 71 of them: PAPAVER, PERVIATE, APPEARER, PAPERIER, REPRIVE, TRAPPIER, PRIEVE, APPAIR, EVIRATE, PAREV, PERVE, PREVE and 59 more. Words With Friends* skips 20 of them: PREPAVE, PERVIER, AVERTER, PEPITA, VAPER, PERV, RAVIER, VAPE, EPATER, PARTER, PERP, PIPA and 8 more.
Each word below uses all the letters of PREPARATIVE and one more.