Unscramble PRESERVATIVES and you have 419 words, PRESERVATIVES itself among them: it scores 21 in Scrabble and 24 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter word is PRESERVATIVE, 20 points. It has 13 letters, 5 vowels and 8 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from PRESERVATIVES by length: 1 with 13 letters, 1 with 12, 6 with 10, 30 with 9, 60 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 21 with 2. None has 11 letters.
PRESERVATIVE is the only one of the 12-letter words made with PRESERVATIVES letters; it scores 20 points.
PERVERSIVE tops the 10-letter words in PRESERVATIVES at 18 points; next come PERVERSEST and PRIVATEERS on 15. REPRESSIVE will look familiar.
PERVASIVE scores highest among the 9-letter words you get when you unscramble PRESERVATIVES at 17 points, ahead of AVERSIVES and REVERTIVE on 15. PRESERVES, RETRIEVES and REPEATERS are the ones most people know.
60 8-letter words from PRESERVATIVES; 5 of them share the top score of 14. RESERVES, PRESERVE and RETRIEVE are everyday picks.
Of the 60 7-letter words in PRESERVATIVES, 8 score 13 points, the group's best. PRIVATE, SERVERS and RESERVE are the ones most people know.
60 6-letter words made with PRESERVATIVES letters; 7 of them share the top score of 12. SERVER, SEVERE and SERVES are everyday picks.
Of the 60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble PRESERVATIVES, 6 score 11 points, the group's best. RIVER, SERVE and SAVER are the ones most people know.
Among the 4-letter words from PRESERVATIVES, VAVS, VIVA and VIVE tie for first at 10 points. PART, SAVE and EVER are everyday picks.
VAV scores highest among the 3-letter words in PRESERVATIVES at 9 points, ahead of PAV on 8 and AVE on 6. ARE, ART and AIR are the ones most people know.
Trade one tile of PRESERVATIVES for another and you can spell these 2 words:
More 13-letter words: starting with PR · ending in ES · all 13-letter words
The 6 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by AVERSIVES (15 points).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes. PRESERVATIVES 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| PRESERVATIVES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 419) | 325 | 419 | 295 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
94 of the 419 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: PERVERSEST, PERVIATES, VIVERRAS, PERVIATE, REPRIVES, REVESTRIES, VIVERRA, PEEVERS, PREEVES, PRIEVES, REPRIVE, REREVISES and 82 more. 30 of the 419 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: AVERSIVES, REVERTIVE, ASPERSIVE, PERVIEST, ARRESTIVE, PAVISSE, PERVIER, SERVERIES, VIVATS, AVERTERS, SEVERIES, SIEVERTS and 18 more.