83 words come out when you unscramble PRETERIT, starting with PRETERIT itself: 10 in Scrabble, 11 in Words With Friends. It has 1 anagram, each with the same 10 points: PRETTIER. It has 8 letters, 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from PRETERIT by length: 2 with 8 letters, 1 with 7, 11 with 6, 15 with 5, 24 with 4, 21 with 3 and 9 with 2.
PETTIER is the only one of the 7-letter words made with PRETERIT letters; it scores 9 points.
These 6 words have the length of PRETERIT, with one letter different:
More 8-letter words: starting with PR · ending in IT · all 8-letter words
PRETERIT first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept PRETERIT, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| PRETERIT itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 83) | 64 | 82 | 60 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: PITTER, PETRE, PETRI, PIERT, PIET, REITER, RIPT, TIPT, PIR, PRE, RITT, TEER and 6 more, 18 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: ETRIER, PERE, TETRI and TE, 4 in all. Not in Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: ITER.
These 8 words take every letter of PRETERIT plus a single extra one.