Unscramble PRESCRIBES to get 278 words. PRESCRIBES itself is a real word: 16 points on a Scrabble board, 19 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, PRESCRIBE leads with 15 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.
By length, the words from PRESCRIBES split into 1 with 10 letters, 1 with 9, 14 with 8, 31 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 41 with 3 and 10 with 2.
Just 1 of the 9-letter words made with PRESCRIBES letters: PRESCRIBE, for 15 points.
BESPICE scores highest among the 7-letter words you get when you unscramble PRESCRIBES at 13 points, ahead of CREPIER and CRISPER on 11. SPECIES, RECIPES and PRECISE are the ones most people know.
The best of the 6-letter words from PRESCRIBES is BICEPS, 12 points; CREEPS and CREPES on 10 follow. PRICES, SERIES and RECIPE are everyday picks.
BICEP tops the 5-letter words from PRESCRIBES at 11 points; next come BEEPS and BICES on 9. PRICE, PRESS and PIECE will look familiar.
Of the 60 4-letter words in PRESCRIBES, 12 score 8 points, the group's best. PICS, RICE and PEER are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of PRESCRIBES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with PR · ending in ES · all 10-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; BICEPSES (14 points) takes the top spot.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes. PRESCRIBES 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| PRESCRIBES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 278) | 226 | 276 | 214 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
52 of the 278 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: BESPICES, BESPICE, ESCRIBES, ESCRIBE, CERRISES, CRESSIER, PERCES, PRECES, CREPS, ESPIERS, PERCE, PRESSIE and 40 more. 10 of the 278 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: BICEP, PERCS, BRISES, PERC, BESES, BRISS, PERES, PERE, SEPS and BES. 2 of the 278 answers are missing from Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: CRIPS and CRIP.
With one more tile, the letters of PRESCRIBES spell the words below.