Unscramble PRESCRIBE to get 223 words. PRESCRIBE itself is a real word: 15 points on a Scrabble board, 18 in Words With Friends. BESPICE is the best of the shorter words, at 13 points. 9 letters: 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from PRESCRIBE split into 1 with 9 letters, 3 with 8, 17 with 7, 33 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 39 with 3 and 10 with 2.
BESPICE tops the 7-letter words made with PRESCRIBE letters at 13 points; next come CREPIER and CRISPER on 11. RECIPES, PRECISE and BERRIES will look familiar.
Among the 6-letter words from PRESCRIBE, BICEPS leads with 12 points, then CREEPS and CREPES on 10. PRICES, RECIPE and PIECES are the familiar ones.
BICEP tops the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble PRESCRIBE at 11 points; next come BEEPS and BICES on 9. PRICE, PIECE and SPICE will look familiar.
Of the 60 4-letter words in PRESCRIBE, 12 score 8 points, the group's best. PICS, RISE and RICE are the ones most people know.
Trade one tile of PRESCRIBE for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 9-letter words: starting with PR · ending in BE · all 9-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; PIERCERS, PRECISER and REPRICES (12 points each) share the top spot.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept PRESCRIBE, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| PRESCRIBE itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 223) | 182 | 221 | 174 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: BESPICE, ESCRIBE, PERCES, PRECES, CREPS, PERCE, BREERS, BRERES, CERRIS, EPRISE, ESPIER, PRISER and 29 more, 41 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: BICEP, PERCS, PERC, PERES, PERE and BES, 6 in all. Not in Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: CRIPS and CRIP, 2 in all.
These 4 words take every letter of PRESCRIBE plus a single extra one.