Unscramble PREVENTATIVE to get 337 words. PREVENTATIVE itself is a real word: 20 points on a Scrabble board, 24 in Words With Friends. It has 12 letters, 5 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
By length, the words from PREVENTATIVE split into 1 with 12 letters, 1 with 11, 5 with 10, 4 with 9, 14 with 8, 51 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 21 with 2.
PENETRATIVE is the only one of the 11-letter words in PREVENTATIVE; it scores 16 points.
PREVENTIVE scores highest among the 10-letter words made with PREVENTATIVE letters at 18 points, ahead of ENERVATIVE and VENERATIVE on 16.
The 7-letter words you get when you unscramble PREVENTATIVE are led by VERVAIN and VETIVER, 13 points each. PRIVATE, PATIENT and PREVENT are the familiar ones.
REVIVE, VERVEN and VERVET share the top score of 12 among the 6-letter words from PREVENTATIVE. PARENT, NATIVE and PATENT are the ones most people know.
4 of 60 5-letter words in PREVENTATIVE tie at 11 points; none scores more. NEVER, EVENT and PAINT will look familiar.
The 4-letter words made with PREVENTATIVE letters are led by VIVA and VIVE, 10 points each. PART, EVEN and EVER are the familiar ones.
The best of the 3-letter words you get when you unscramble PREVENTATIVE is VAV, 9 points; PAV on 8 and AVE on 6 follow. ARE, ART and AIR are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of PREVENTATIVE but one, change that one, and you get:
More 12-letter words: starting with PR · ending in VE · all 12-letter words
Here is what the 6 strongest answers mean; EVENTIVE and VETIVERT (14 points each) share the top spot.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes. PREVENTATIVE 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| PREVENTATIVE itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 337) | 256 | 337 | 240 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 81 of them: ENERVATIVE, VENERATIVE, ENTREATIVE, PERVIATE, EVENTRATE, PREVENE, VERVEN, PEEVER, PREEVE, PRIEVE, VIVER, AVENTRE and 69 more. Words With Friends* skips 16 of them: EVENTIVE, VIVAT, EVENTER, VAPER, INEPTER, PERV, TRIPTAN, VAPE, VETTER, EPATER, NEPETA, PANEER and 4 more.
With one more tile, the letters of PREVENTATIVE spell the words below.