Unscramble PROTECTIVE and you have 258 words, PROTECTIVE itself among them: it scores 17 in Scrabble and 20 in Words With Friends. CORVETTE and ORECTIVE are the best of the shorter words, at 13 points. 10 letters: 4 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
By length, the words from PROTECTIVE split into 1 with 10 letters, 3 with 8, 18 with 7, 42 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 58 with 3 and 16 with 2. None has 9 letters.
Of the 42 6-letter words from PROTECTIVE, 8 score 11 points, the group's best. RECIPE, POTTER and EROTIC are the ones most people know.
11 of 60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble PROTECTIVE tie at 10 points; none scores more. PRICE, TOPIC and COVER will look familiar.
Among 60 4-letter words from PROTECTIVE, the top score is 9, reached by 6. OVER, EVER and PORT are the familiar ones.
4 of 58 3-letter words in PROTECTIVE tie at 7 points; none scores more. TOP, PRO and PET will look familiar.
Trade one tile of PROTECTIVE for another and you can spell these 3 words:
More 10-letter words: starting with PR · ending in VE · all 10-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by CORVETTE and ORECTIVE (13 points each).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept PROTECTIVE, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| PROTECTIVE itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 258) | 207 | 257 | 190 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: PIVOTER, PRIEVE, PTEROIC, EROTETIC, PERVE, PICOTE, PREVE, TORTIVE, VIRETOT, CIVE, PERCE, TIERCET and 39 more, 51 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: PERVO, TRICEP, PERV, VETTER, COPI, PERC, PITOT, RECIT, CERT, CRIT, PERE, ECO and 4 more, 16 in all. Not in Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: CRIP.
This word takes every letter of PROTECTIVE plus a single extra one.