Unscramble PROHIBITS and you have 218 words, PROHIBITS itself among them: it scores 16 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, PROHIBIT leads with 15 points. 9 letters: 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from PROHIBITS by length: 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 8, 4 with 7, 21 with 6, 50 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 21 with 2.
Just 1 of the 8-letter words in PROHIBITS: PROHIBIT, for 15 points.
BISHOP tops the 6-letter words from PROHIBITS at 13 points; next come BHISTI and BIRTHS on 11. SPIRIT, BISTRO and ORBITS will look familiar.
Among 50 5-letter words you get when you unscramble PROHIBITS, the top score is 10, reached by 10. SHORT, SPORT and SHIRT are the familiar ones.
Of the 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble PROHIBITS, 19 score 9 points, the group's best. BOTH, SHOP and SHIP are the ones most people know.
60 3-letter words from PROHIBITS; 8 of them share the top score of 8. ITS, TOP and HOT are everyday picks.
Trade one tile of PROHIBITS for another and you can spell these 3 words:
More 9-letter words: starting with PR · ending in TS · all 9-letter words
What PROHIBITS means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
PROHIBITS 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| PROHIBITS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 218) | 180 | 218 | 160 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: PHOBIST, POHIRIS, BHISTI, POHIRI, TROPHI, HISTRIO, BOHS, HIPT, POHS, BOH, HIOIS, SIRIH and 26 more, 38 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: BRITHS, PITHOI, PITHOS, BRITH, BISH, PHOS, PROBS, PHO, PROB, ROSHI, BIROS, BIRO and 8 more, 20 in all.