Unscramble PRESERVATION and you have 480 words, PRESERVATION itself among them: it scores 17 in Scrabble and 20 in Words With Friends. The 12 letters split into 5 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Words from PRESERVATION by length: 1 with 12 letters, 2 with 11, 20 with 10, 60 with 9, 60 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 37 with 2.
PERSONATIVE scores highest among the 11-letter words made with PRESERVATION letters at 16 points, ahead of RESERVATION on 14.
Among 20 10-letter words in PRESERVATION, the top score is 15, reached by 10. OPERATIVES is the familiar one.
15 of 60 9-letter words from PRESERVATION tie at 14 points; none scores more. OPERATIVE and INVERTERS will look familiar.
60 8-letter words you get when you unscramble PRESERVATION; 28 of them share the top score of 13. INVESTOR, PREVENTS and INVERTER are everyday picks.
Among 60 7-letter words you get when you unscramble PRESERVATION, the top score is 12, reached by 26. PRIVATE, PREVENT and ARRIVES are the familiar ones.
Of the 60 6-letter words from PRESERVATION, 25 score 11 points, the group's best. EVENTS, NATIVE and PROVEN are the ones most people know.
Among 60 5-letter words in PRESERVATION, the top score is 10, reached by 21. NEVER, EVENT and PROVE are the familiar ones.
7 of 60 4-letter words made with PRESERVATION letters tie at 9 points; none scores more. OVER, EVEN and SAVE will look familiar.
PAV scores highest among the 3-letter words you get when you unscramble PRESERVATION at 8 points, ahead of AVE and AVO on 6. PRO, VAN and PET are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of PRESERVATION but one, change that one, and you get:
More 12-letter words: starting with PR · ending in ON · all 12-letter words
What PRESERVATION means, then the 4 highest-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept PRESERVATION, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| PRESERVATION itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 480) | 372 | 479 | 333 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
107 of the 480 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: OVERRIPENS, OVERPARTS, OVERRIPEN, OVERTRIPS, PERVIATES, PROVIANTS, VAPORIEST, OVERPART, OVERTRIP, PERVIATE, PIVOTERS, PROVANTS and 95 more. 39 of the 480 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: OVERPAINTS, OVERPAINT, VAPORISER, ENERVATORS, PERVIEST, ARRESTIVE, ENERVATOR, PERVIER, AVERTERS, EPISTERNA, PERVOS, PREINSERT and 27 more. 1 of the 480 answers is missing from Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: VON.
With one more tile, the letters of PRESERVATION spell the words below.