Unscramble PRESERVES and you have 121 words, PRESERVES itself among them: it scores 14 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. 9 letters: 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
P34R1E1S1E1R1V45E1S1
Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Words from PRESERVES by length: 1 with 9 letters, 4 with 8, 13 with 7, 23 with 6, 29 with 5, 29 with 4, 17 with 3 and 5 with 2.
Among 23 6-letter words from PRESERVES, the top score is 11, reached by 6. SERVER, SEVERE and SERVES are the familiar ones.
5 of 29 5-letter words you get when you unscramble PRESERVES tie at 10 points; none scores more. PRESS, SERVE and VERSE will look familiar.
Keep every letter of PRESERVES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with PR · ending in ES · all 9-letter words
What PRESERVES means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
PRESERVES works in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it appears in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| PRESERVES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 121) | 98 | 121 | 89 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: PEEVERS, PREEVES, PEEVER, PERVES, PREEVE, PREVES, PERVE, PREVE, SPERRES, EREVS, PRESES, SPERRE and 11 more, 23 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: PERVS, PERV, PERES, SEVS, PERE, SEPS, SEV, RESES and ESSE, 9 in all.
With one more tile, the letters of PRESERVES spell the words below.