What PREVENTIVE Means
- noun: remedy that prevents or slows the course of an illness or disease“the doctor recommended several preventatives”
- noun: any obstruction that impedes or is burdensome
- adjective: preventing or contributing to the prevention of disease“preventive medicine”
- adjective: tending to prevent or hinder
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Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
PREVENTIVE is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 18 in Scrabble and 19 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as P3 R1 E1 V4 E1 N1 T1 I1 V4 E1.
Words Made From The Letters In PREVENTIVE
206 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.
8 letter words (1)
7 letter words (9)
6 letter words (32)
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5 letter words (50)
EERIEEEVENENTERERVENEVENTEVERTEVITEINEPTINERTINTERNEIVENEPERNEPITNERVENEVERNIEVENITERNITREPEEVEPENIEPERVEPETERPETREPETRIPIERTPREENPRENTPREVEPRINTREEVEREIVERENTEREPINRETIEREVETREVIERIEVERIPENRIVENRIVETTEENETEPEETERNETREENTRINETRIPEVERVEVINERVIPERVIVER
4 letter words (63)
EEVNEINEEPEEEREVERNEETENEVENEVEREVETNEEPNETENEVENEVINITEPEENPEERPEINPENEPENIPENTPEREPERIPERNPERTPERVPIERPIETPINEPINTPIRNPREEREENREINRENTRETERINERIPERIPTRITERIVETEENTEERTEINTENETERNTIERTINETIRETREETRIETRINTRIPVEEPVEERVEINVENTVERTVIERVINEVINTVIREVITEVIVE
3 letter words (39)
EENENEEREERNEVEIRENEENEPNETNIENIPNITPEEPENPERPETPIEPINPIRPITPREREEREIRENREPRETREVRINRIPRITTEETENTIETINTIPVEEVETVIEVIN
2 letter words (12)
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