300 words come out when you unscramble PREVENTIVELY, starting with PREVENTIVELY itself: 23 in Scrabble, 27 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter word is PREVENTIVE, 18 points. The 12 letters split into 4 vowels and 8 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
By length, the words from PREVENTIVELY split into 1 with 12 letters, 1 with 10, 2 with 9, 12 with 8, 28 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 16 with 2. None has 11 letters.
PREVENTIVE is the only one of the 10-letter words made with PREVENTIVELY letters; it scores 18 points.
The best of the 7-letter words you get when you unscramble PREVENTIVELY is VELVETY, 16 points; REPLEVY on 15 and LIVEYER on 13 follow. PREVENT, RELIEVE and PRETEEN are everyday picks.
VIVELY tops the 6-letter words from PREVENTIVELY at 15 points; next come EVENLY and LEVITY on 12. PLENTY, ELEVEN and VELVET will look familiar.
PERVY and PRIVY share the top score of 13 among the 5-letter words in PREVENTIVELY. EVERY, REPLY and NEVER are the ones most people know.
Among 60 4-letter words made with PREVENTIVELY letters, the top score is 10, reached by 7. VERY, TYPE and EVEN are the familiar ones.
Among the 3-letter words you get when you unscramble PREVENTIVELY, IVY and VLY tie for first at 9 points. LET, YET and NET are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of PREVENTIVELY but one, change that one, and you get:
More 12-letter words: starting with PR · ending in LY · all 12-letter words
PREVENTIVELY first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
PREVENTIVELY 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| PREVENTIVELY itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 300) | 231 | 300 | 216 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
69 of the 300 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: VIVELY, LIVEYERE, PYRENEITE, PERENTY, PREVENE, VERVEL, VERVEN, VINTRY, NERVELET, PEEVER, PREEVE, PRIEVE and 57 more. 15 of the 300 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: VELVETIER, EVENTIVE, LIVEYER, PERVY, TERYLENE, EVENTER, INEPTER, PERV, ELVEN, TREELINE, TIYN, TYIN and 3 more.