380 words come out when you unscramble PRETERMINAL, starting with PRETERMINAL itself: 15 in Scrabble, 19 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, PERIMETRAL and PLANIMETER lead with 14 points. 11 letters: 4 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from PRETERMINAL by length: 1 with 11 letters, 2 with 10, 5 with 9, 42 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 30 with 2.
Every one of the 2 10-letter words in PRETERMINAL scores 14.
Among 42 8-letter words you get when you unscramble PRETERMINAL, the top score is 12, reached by 7. TERMINAL, RETAILER and RETAINER are the familiar ones.
32 of 60 7-letter words from PRETERMINAL tie at 11 points; none scores more. PREMIER, IMPLANT and MARINER will look familiar.
Of the 60 6-letter words from PRETERMINAL, 41 score 10 points, the group's best. PERMIT, EMPIRE and TEMPLE are the ones most people know.
14 of 60 5-letter words in PRETERMINAL tie at 9 points; none scores more. EMAIL, PRIME and ANIME will look familiar.
Of the 60 4-letter words made with PRETERMINAL letters, 13 score 8 points, the group's best. MAIL, ITEM and MAIN are the ones most people know.
4 of 60 3-letter words you get when you unscramble PRETERMINAL tie at 7 points; none scores more. MAP, MAN and MEN will look familiar.
Keep every letter of PRETERMINAL but one, change that one, and you get:
More 11-letter words: starting with PR · ending in AL · all 11-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by PLANIMETER (14 points).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes. PRETERMINAL 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| PRETERMINAL itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 380) | 296 | 379 | 275 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
84 of the 380 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: PERIMETRAL, PARLEMENT, PETERMAN, PLATEMEN, EMPAIRE, IMPLATE, IMPLETE, LAMPERN, PALMIET, PEATMEN, RAMPIRE, REPRIME and 72 more. 20 of the 380 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: TRAMPIER, PERMIAN, TRIPMAN, TRIPMEN, APEMEN, LINEMATE, PREALTER, REMAILER, TERMINER, EMAILER, EPILATE, INEPTER and 8 more. 1 of the 380 answers is missing from Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: LARP.