Unscramble PROTENSIVELY and you have 443 words, PROTENSIVELY itself among them: it scores 20 in Scrabble and 23 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter word is SPORTIVELY, 18 points. The 12 letters split into 4 vowels and 8 consonants.
P34R1O1T1E1N12S1I1V45E1L12Y43
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from PROTENSIVELY by length: 1 with 12 letters, 9 with 10, 39 with 9, 60 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 34 with 2. None has 11 letters.
SPORTIVELY scores highest among the 10-letter words made with PROTENSIVELY letters at 18 points, ahead of LINOTYPERS and PLOVERIEST on 15.
The 9-letter words in PROTENSIVELY are led by OVERTYPES and PENSIVELY, 17 points each. POLYESTER, PRESENTLY and NOVELTIES are the familiar ones.
OVERTYPE and PROVENLY are the top 8-letter words you get when you unscramble PROTENSIVELY, 16 points each. INVESTOR, ENTIRELY and PREVENTS will look familiar.
Among 60 7-letter words from PROTENSIVELY, the top score is 15, reached by 4. PREVENT, NOVELTY and SEVENTY are the familiar ones.
Of the 60 6-letter words made with PROTENSIVELY letters, 21 score 12 points, the group's best. POETRY, PLENTY and PROVEN are the ones most people know.
The 5-letter words you get when you unscramble PROTENSIVELY are led by PERVY and PRIVY, 13 points each. EVERY, REPLY and VINYL are the familiar ones.
Of the 60 4-letter words from PROTENSIVELY, 6 score 10 points, the group's best. VERY, TYPE and EVEN are the ones most people know.
IVY and VLY are the top 3-letter words in PROTENSIVELY, 9 points each. YES, YET and TRY will look familiar.
Keep every letter of PROTENSIVELY but one, change that one, and you get:
More 12-letter words: starting with PR · ending in LY · all 12-letter words
What PROTENSIVELY means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept PROTENSIVELY, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| PROTENSIVELY itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 443) | 327 | 442 | 292 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 115 of them: OVERTYPES, OVERTYPE, PLOVERIEST, PLOVERY, POLVERINES, LEPROSITY, POLVERINE, PONTLEVIS, SLOVENRY, STIEVELY, LENVOYS, PERSEITY and 103 more. Words With Friends* skips 35 of them: LINOTYPERS, LINOTYPER, LINOTYPES, LIVEYERS, OVERSPILT, LINOTYPE, LIVEYER, PERVIEST, PERVY, PRESOLVE, SPRITELY, LOVEYS and 23 more. Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends* skip 1 of them: VON.