Unscramble PREPARATIVES to get 403 words. PREPARATIVES itself is a real word: 19 points on a Scrabble board, 22 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter word is PREPARATIVE, 18 points. It has 12 letters, 5 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from PREPARATIVES by length: 1 with 12 letters, 1 with 11, 5 with 10, 17 with 9, 57 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 22 with 2.
Just 1 of the 11-letter words made with PREPARATIVES letters: PREPARATIVE, for 18 points.
PRIVATEERS, REPARATIVE and SEPARATIVE are the top 10-letter words in PREPARATIVES, 15 points each.
PERVIATES and PRIVATEER share the top score of 14 among the 9-letter words you get when you unscramble PREPARATIVES. APPRAISER is the one most people know.
Among the 8-letter words from PREPARATIVES, PAPAVERS and PREPAVES tie for first at 15 points. SEPARATE, PREPARES and TRAVERSE are everyday picks.
The 7-letter words you get when you unscramble PREPARATIVES are led by PAPAVER and PREPAVE, 14 points each. PRIVATE, APPEARS and PREPARE are the familiar ones.
13 of 60 6-letter words from PREPARATIVES tie at 11 points; none scores more. SERVER, PAPERS and APPEAR will look familiar.
Among 60 5-letter words in PREPARATIVES, the top score is 10, reached by 13. PAPER, RIVER and SERVE are the familiar ones.
6 of 60 4-letter words made with PREPARATIVES letters tie at 9 points; none scores more. SAVE, EVER and VISA will look familiar.
PAV scores highest among the 3-letter words you get when you unscramble PREPARATIVES at 8 points, ahead of APP and PAP on 7. ARE, ART and AIR are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of PREPARATIVES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 12-letter words: starting with PR · ending in ES · all 12-letter words
Short meanings for the 5 highest-scoring answers, starting with PREPAVES (15 points).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes. PREPARATIVES is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it is in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| PREPARATIVES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 403) | 310 | 402 | 282 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 92 of them: PAPAVERS, PAPAVER, PERSPIRATE, PERVIATES, APPEARERS, PAPERIEST, PERVIATE, REPRIVES, APPEARER, APPETISE, PAPERIER, PEPTISER and 80 more. Words With Friends* skips 29 of them: PREPAVES, PREPAVE, PERVIEST, STRAPPIER, ARRESTIVE, PERVIER, AVERTERS, PEPITAS, VAPERS, AVERTER, PEPITA, PERVS and 17 more. Scrabble US and Scrabble UK skip 1 of them: PAPIST.