344 words come out when you unscramble PROGRESSIVE, starting with PROGRESSIVE itself: 17 in Scrabble, 20 in Words With Friends. The 11 letters split into 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 PROGRESSIVE split into 1 with 11 letters, 3 with 9, 22 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 18 with 2. None has 10 letters.
5 of 22 8-letter words in PROGRESSIVE tie at 13 points; none scores more. PROGRESS will look familiar.
60 7-letter words you get when you unscramble PROGRESSIVE; 7 of them share the top score of 12. SERVERS, REPRISE and REGRESS are everyday picks.
Of the 60 6-letter words from PROGRESSIVE, 8 score 11 points, the group's best. SERVER, SERVES and RIVERS are the ones most people know.
60 5-letter words from PROGRESSIVE; 9 of them share the top score of 10. RIVER, GIVES and SERVE are everyday picks.
4 of 60 4-letter words in PROGRESSIVE tie at 9 points; none scores more. OVER, GIVE and EVER will look familiar.
Among 60 3-letter words made with PROGRESSIVE letters, the top score is 7, reached by 4. PRO, EVE and PEE are the familiar ones.
Trade one tile of PROGRESSIVE for another and you can spell these 4 words:
More 11-letter words: starting with PR · ending in VE · all 11-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by PREVISORS (14 points).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept PROGRESSIVE, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| PROGRESSIVE itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 344) | 270 | 344 | 237 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: OVERPRESS, REPRIVES, PRIEVES, REPRIVE, PERVES, PREVES, PRIEVE, REVERSIS, GREVES, IVRESSE, PERVE, PIEROGS and 62 more, 74 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: PERVIER, GROVIER, PEROGIES, PERVOS, SERPIGOS, VIRGERS, PEROGIE, PEROGIS, PERVO, PERVS, VIRGER, ESPOIRS and 21 more, 33 in all.
With one more tile, the letters of PROGRESSIVE spell the words below.