Unscramble PROTECTIVES to get 367 words. PROTECTIVES itself is a real word: 18 points on a Scrabble board, 21 in Words With Friends. PROTECTIVE is the best of the shorter words, at 17 points. 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.
Words from PROTECTIVES by length: 1 with 11 letters, 2 with 10, 6 with 9, 36 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 22 with 2.
The best of the 10-letter words in PROTECTIVES is PROTECTIVE, 17 points; STEREOPTIC on 14 follows.
15 of 36 8-letter words from PROTECTIVES tie at 13 points; none scores more. PROTECTS, RECEIPTS and CORVETTE will look familiar.
Of the 60 7-letter words you get when you unscramble PROTECTIVES, 18 score 12 points, the group's best. SERVICE, RESPECT and PROTECT are the ones most people know.
60 6-letter words from PROTECTIVES; 22 of them share the top score of 11. PRICES, TOPICS and COVERS are everyday picks.
Of the 60 5-letter words in PROTECTIVES, 18 score 10 points, the group's best. PRICE, TOPIC and COVER are the ones most people know.
60 4-letter words made with PROTECTIVES letters; 7 of them share the top score of 9. OVER, EVER and PICS are everyday picks.
4 of 60 3-letter words you get when you unscramble PROTECTIVES tie at 7 points; none scores more. TOP, PRO and PET will look familiar.
Keep every letter of PROTECTIVES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 11-letter words: starting with PR · ending in ES · all 11-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with OVERSPICE (16 points).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Scrabble UK accepts PROTECTIVES, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| PROTECTIVES itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 367) | 298 | 364 | 269 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: PROTECTIVES, COVETISE, PIVOTERS, STEPOVER, CORSIVE, ECTOPIES, PERSICOT, PIVOTER, PRIEVES, COPSIER, PECTISE, PECTOSE and 57 more, 69 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: OVERSPICE, COVERTEST, VECTORISE, PERVIEST, PERVOS, PERVO, PERVS, SIEVERT, TRICEP, VETTERS, PERCS, PERV and 14 more, 26 in all. Not in Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: STEREOPTIC, CRIPS and CRIP, 3 in all.