344 words come out when you unscramble PREVENTIVES, starting with PREVENTIVES itself: 19 in Scrabble, 23 in Words With Friends. It has 11 letters, 4 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from PREVENTIVES split into 1 with 11 letters, 4 with 10, 2 with 9, 21 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 16 with 2.
PREVENTIVE scores highest among the 10-letter words in PREVENTIVES at 18 points, ahead of PRESENTIVE and PRETENSIVE on 15.
The 8-letter words you get when you unscramble PREVENTIVES are led by EVENTIVE and VETIVERS, 14 points each. PREVENTS is the familiar one.
4 of 60 7-letter words from PREVENTIVES tie at 13 points; none scores more. PRESENT, PREVENT and INVERSE will look familiar.
Of the 60 6-letter words in PREVENTIVES, 6 score 12 points, the group's best. EVENTS, SEVERE and INVEST are the ones most people know.
Among the 5-letter words made with PREVENTIVES letters, VERVE, VIVER and VIVES tie for first at 11 points. NEVER, EVENT and SEVEN are everyday picks.
VIVE scores highest among the 4-letter words you get when you unscramble PREVENTIVES at 10 points, ahead of PERV and SPIV on 9. EVEN, EVER and PETS are the ones most people know.
8 of 60 3-letter words from PREVENTIVES tie at 6 points; none scores more. SEE, ITS and SET will look familiar.
Keep every letter of PREVENTIVES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 11-letter words: starting with PR · ending in ES · all 11-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by EVENTIVE and VETIVERS (14 points each).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes. PREVENTIVES 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| PREVENTIVES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 344) | 252 | 344 | 234 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
92 of the 344 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: PRESENTIVE, PRETENSIVE, PREVENES, VERVENS, PEEVERS, PREEVES, PREVENE, PRIEVES, VERVEN, VIVRES, EVERNETS, PEEVER and 80 more. 18 of the 344 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: EVENTIVE, PERVIEST, RESENTIVE, EVENTERS, EVENTER, PERVS, SIEVERT, INEPTER, PERV, VERSIN, EENSIER, VINS and 6 more.