280 words come out when you unscramble PROVIDERS, starting with PROVIDERS itself: 15 in Scrabble, 17 in Words With Friends. It has 1 anagram, each with the same 15 points: DISPROVER. Of the shorter words, PROVIDES, PROVIDER and DISPROVE lead with 14 points. It has 9 letters, 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from PROVIDERS split into 2 with 9 letters, 4 with 8, 13 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 21 with 2.
PROVED and VESPID are the top 6-letter words from PROVIDERS, 12 points each. PERIOD, VIDEOS and ORDERS will look familiar.
Of the 60 5-letter words in PROVIDERS, 5 score 10 points, the group's best. VIDEO, DRIVE and RIVER are the ones most people know.
Among the 4-letter words made with PROVIDERS letters, PERV, SPIV and VOIP tie for first at 9 points. OVER, DROP and VOID are everyday picks.
The 3-letter words you get when you unscramble PROVIDERS are led by DEV, DIV and VID, 7 points each. RED, PRO and DIE are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of PROVIDERS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with PR · ending in RS · all 9-letter words
The meaning of PROVIDERS, and of the 7 strongest answers in its letters.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept PROVIDERS, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| PROVIDERS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 280) | 222 | 280 | 202 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
58 of the 280 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: VESPOID, DOVERS, DOVIER, VOIPS, VORRED, DERVS, DEVOS, DIVOS, DOVER, DOVIE, RISPED, VIRED and 46 more. 20 of the 280 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: DISPROVER, PERVOS, PERVO, PERVS, DEVIS, PERV, DEVI, ESPOIR, PEDIS, POSIER, VIDS, DEPS and 8 more.
This word takes every letter of PROVIDERS plus a single extra one.