Is PREVENTIVENESS a valid Scrabble word?
Yes, PREVENTIVENESS is a valid word in US Scrabble and UK Scrabble, worth 22 points.
Base score before bonus squares; blank tiles score zero.
Points
22
Scrabble
27
Words With Friends
14
Letters
P (3) + R (1) + E (1) + V (4) + E (1) + N (1) + T (1) + I (1) + V (4) + E (1) + N (1) + E (1) + S (1) + S (1) = 22 points in Scrabble.
Dictionary status
- Scrabble (US & Canada)Valid
- Scrabble (UK & worldwide)Valid
- Words With FriendsListed
Scrabble lists: NWL2023 (US & Canada) and CSW24 (UK & worldwide). WWF uses our ENABLE reference plus verified additions. “Listed” and “Not listed” describe that reference; check acceptance in the game. Sources reviewed 2026-10-03.
Definition
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See the definition of PreventivenessHooks for PREVENTIVENESS
PREVENTIVENESS has no one-letter front or back hooks in US Scrabble. Adding a single letter to either end does not make another word in that list.
Front hooks0
None — nothing can be added to the front.
Back hooks0
None — nothing can be added to the end.
Words you can make from PREVENTIVENESS
The 60 highest-scoring words using these letters.
- preventives19
- preventive18
- prevenient15
- vespertine15
- eventive14
- vetivers14
- serpentines13
- intervenes13
- inventress13
- seventeens13
- perviest13
- prevents13
- previses13
- revives13
- vervets13
- vetiver13
- presentees12
- serpentine12
- spinnerets12
- intervene12
- inventers12
- inverness12
- nerviness12
- reinvents12
- reinvests12
- resentive12
- seventeen12
- seventies12
- sirventes12
- pensive12
- prevent12
- previse12
- privets12
- veepees12
- vespers12
- vespine12
- revive12
- verves12
- vervet12
- vivers12
- ineptness11
- presentee11
- pretenses11
- spinneret11
- evenness11
- eventers11
- innerves11
- inventer11
- inverses11
- nerviest11
- nervines11
- reinvent11
- reinvest11
- severest11
- severies11
- sieverts11
- sirvente11
- veneries11
- versines11
- vestries11
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