What PREVENTING Means
PREVENTING is a form of PREVENT, which means:
- verb: keep from happening or arising; make impossible“My sense of tact forbids an honest answer”
- verb: stop (someone or something) from doing something or being in a certain state“We must prevent the cancer from spreading”
Similar words
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
PREVENTING is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 16 in Scrabble and 18 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as P3 R1 E1 V4 E1 N1 T1 I1 N1 G2.
Words Made From The Letters In PREVENTING
330 shorter words come out of these tiles. On a board that matters more than the long play, because a short word on a premium square often beats a long one on plain squares.
9 letter words (2)
8 letter words (11)
7 letter words (33)
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6 letter words (47)
ENGINEENGIRTENRINGENTIREENVIERERNINGGENNETGERENTGINNERGRIEVEGRIVETINTERNINVENTINVERTNERINENERITENIPTERPEEINGPENINGPENNERPINENEPINGERPINNERPINNETPRIEVEPRIVETPTERINREGENTREGIVERENNETREPENTREPINERETINETEEINGTENNERTENPINTINNERTRIENEVEINERVENGERVENINEVENIREVENITEVENTERVENTREVERITEVIRENT
5 letter words (77)
EGRETEIGNEENTERERINGERVENEVENTEVERTEVITEGENETGENIEGENIPGENREGERNEGIVENGIVERGREENGREETGREINGREVEGRIPEGRIPTINEPTINERTINNERINTERNEIVENEPERNEPITNERVENEVERNIEVENIGERNITERNITREPENIEPENNEPENNIPERVEPETERPETREPETRIPIERTPREENPRENTPREVEPRINTREGIEREIGNREIVERENIGRENINRENNERENTEREPEGREPINRETIEREVETREVIERIEVERIPENRIVENRIVETTENGETENNETERNETIGERTINGETREENTRINETRIPEVEGIEVENGEVENINVERGEVINERVIPERVIRGE
4 letter words (87)
EEVNEGEREINEEREVERNEETENEVENEVEREVETGEEPGEITGENEGENTGEREGERTGIENGINNGIRNGIRTGITEGIVEGREEGRENGRINGRIPGRITNEEPNENENETENEVENEVININENITEPEENPEERPEINPENEPENIPENTPEREPERIPERNPERTPERVPIERPIETPINEPINGPINTPIRNPREEPRIGREENREINRENTRETERINERINGRIPERIPTRITERIVETEENTEERTEINTENETERNTIERTIGETINETINGTIRETREETRIETRIGTRINTRIPVEEPVEERVEINVENTVERTVIERVINEVINTVIREVITE
3 letter words (60)
EENENEENGEREERGERNEVEGEEGENGERGETGIEGINGIPGITINGINNIRENEENEGNEPNETNIENIPNITPEEPEGPENPERPETPIEPIGPINPIRPITPREREEREGREIRENREPRETREVRIGRINRIPRITTEETEGTENTIETIGTINTIPVEEVEGVETVIEVIGVIN
2 letter words (13)
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