Is PREVENT a word?
PREVENT is a valid word in Scrabble and Words With Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words With Friends, has 7 letters, and can be rearranged into 0 other words, plus 60 shorter words built from the same letters.
Yes, PREVENT is a valid word.
What does prevent mean?
verb: keep from happening or arising; make impossible.
“My sense of tact forbids an honest answer”
Definition from WordNet, Princeton University.
PREVENT: word details
- Pronunciation: prih-VEHNT (approx., 2 syllables)
- Length: 7 letters, a medium-length word. It is one of 33,192 7-letter words in our dictionary.
- Scrabble: worth 12 points on the tiles.
- Words With Friends: worth 15 points on the tiles.
- Games: recognised in the combined word list Unscrambly uses for Scrabble and Words With Friends. Acceptance in official tournament lists (TWL, SOWPODS) can vary.
Shorter words inside prevent
Words you can make from the letters of prevent.
Solve a whole rack, not just PREVENT
PREVENT is one word. If you are holding tiles rather than looking up a single entry, the Scrabble word finder ranks every play from your rack by points, and the Words With Friends solver scores the same letters with WWF values instead, which changes the order of the list.
Frequently asked questions
What does PREVENT mean?
PREVENT is a verb. It means: keep from happening or arising; make impossible.
Is PREVENT a valid word?
Yes, PREVENT is a valid word. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words With Friends.
Unscrambly validity is based on a large open English word list used across word games. Word acceptance varies by the exact tournament dictionary in use.