Unscramble PRESCRIPTIVE to get 361 words. PRESCRIPTIVE itself is a real word: 21 points on a Scrabble board, 25 in Words With Friends. PRECISIVE is the best of the shorter words, at 16 points. It has 12 letters, 4 vowels and 8 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from PRESCRIPTIVE by length: 1 with 12 letters, 8 with 9, 41 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 58 with 3 and 13 with 2. None has 11 or 10 letters.
5 of 41 8-letter words made with PRESCRIPTIVE letters tie at 14 points; none scores more. RECEIPTS, VERTICES and STRIPPER will look familiar.
Of the 60 7-letter words from PRESCRIPTIVE, 6 score 13 points, the group's best. SERVICE, RESPECT and RECIPES are the ones most people know.
Among the 6-letter words you get when you unscramble PRESCRIPTIVE, PEPTIC and PRECIP tie for first at 12 points. PRICES, SERVER and SCRIPT are everyday picks.
Among the 5-letter words made with PRESCRIPTIVE letters, CIPPI leads with 11 points, then CIVES and CIVET on 10. PRICE, RIVER and PIECE are the familiar ones.
Of the 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble PRESCRIPTIVE, 5 score 9 points, the group's best. EVER, PICS and VICE are the ones most people know.
58 3-letter words from PRESCRIPTIVE; 5 of them share the top score of 7. SEE, ITS and SET are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of PRESCRIPTIVE but one, change that one, and you get:
More 12-letter words: starting with PR · ending in VE · all 12-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with PREPRICES (15 points).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes. PRESCRIPTIVE 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| PRESCRIPTIVE itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 361) | 295 | 359 | 271 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
66 of the 361 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: PRECISIVE, PRECEPITS, PRECEPIT, PIPERIC, REPRIVES, EPICIERS, PEPTISER, PRIEVES, REPRIVE, RIPPIERS, RIVERIEST, CIPPI and 54 more. 22 of the 361 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: PERVIEST, PRECIPS, PREVISIT, PERVIER, PRECIP, PERVS, TRICEP, PERCS, PERPS, PERV, SPECT, PERC and 10 more. 2 of the 361 answers are missing from Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: CRIPS and CRIP.