Unscramble PROVEDORS to get 223 words. PROVEDORS itself is a real word: 15 points on a Scrabble board, 17 in Words With Friends. 9 letters: 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from PROVEDORS by length: 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 8, 5 with 7, 33 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 48 with 3 and 15 with 2.
There is a single one of the 8-letter words in PROVEDORS: PROVEDOR, 14 points.
PROVED tops the 6-letter words from PROVEDORS at 12 points; next come PERVOS and POOVES on 11. ORDERS, PROVES and ROVERS will look familiar.
Of the 60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble PROVEDORS, 4 score 10 points, the group's best. ORDER, DOORS and PROVE are the ones most people know.
The best of the 4-letter words in PROVEDORS is PERV, 9 points; DERV and DEVO on 8 follow. OVER, DOES and DOOR are everyday picks.
DEV tops the 3-letter words made with PROVEDORS letters at 7 points; next come DEP and DOP on 6. RED, PRO and ROD will look familiar.
Keep every letter of PROVEDORS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with PR · ending in RS · all 9-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with PROVED and PROVERS (12 points each).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
PROVEDORS is a Scrabble word (Scrabble UK), though the list Words With Friends is built on leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| PROVEDORS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 223) | 170 | 221 | 155 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: PROVEDORS, PROVEDOR, DOVERS, VORRED, DERVS, DEVOS, DOVER, ROOPED, SOOPED, DERV, DEVO, OOPED and 39 more, 51 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: PERVOS, PERVO, PERVS, PERV, SPOORER, POOED, DEPS, DEP, DORES, POOS, RODES, SEV and 5 more, 17 in all. Not in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK: POOVES and POOVE, 2 in all.
Each word below uses all the letters of PROVEDORS and one more.