The word prevent is a valid scrabble word

3 short excerpts of WikWik.org (WikWik is an online database of words defined in the English, French, Spanish, Italian, and other Wiktionnaries.)

  • prevent v. (Transitive) To stop (an outcome); to keep from (doing something).
  • prevent v. (Intransitive, now rare) To take preventative measures.
  • prevent v. (Obsolete, transitive) To come before; to precede.

19 valid words from 3 definitions

AN BEFORE COME DOING FROM INTRANSITIVE KEEP MEASURES NOW OBSOLETE OUTCOME PRECEDE PREVENTATIVE RARE SOMETHING STOP TAKE TO TRANSITIVE

9 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word.)

EN EVE EVEN EVENT PRE PREVE RE REV VENT

6 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word.)

ER EVE EVER NE NEVE NEVER

3 cousins (New words found by changing only one letter.)

PRECENT PRESENT PREVENE

19 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

PREVENTS PREVENTED PREVENTER PREVENTERS PREVENTING PREVENTION PREVENTIVE PREVENTABLE PREVENTABLY PREVENTIBLE PREVENTIBLY PREVENTIONS PREVENTIVES PREVENTATIVE PREVENTIVELY PREVENTATIVES PREVENTABILITY PREVENTIBILITY PREVENTIVENESS

4 times in the middle (New words found by adding letters in front and at the end of the word.)

UNPREVENTED UNPREVENTABLE CHEMOPREVENTION CHEMOPREVENTIVE

One anagram plus one (New word formed with all the letters from the word plus a letter.)

+S PREVENTS

3 anagrams minus one (New words formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

-P VENTER VENTRE
-V REPENT

Scrabble scoring

  • 12 points.

Probability in scrabble (Probability to draw 7 letters at the beginning of the game to build the word.)

  • Joker allowed, 1 in 45860 chance.
  • Joker not allowed, 1 in 280716 chance.

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Categories without words

  • No anagrams (Word found by changing the order of the letters.)
  • No lipograms (Word found when removing only one letter.)
  • No epentheses (Word found when adding only one letter.)
  • No prefixes (Word found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)

Scrabble words — in black are valid world wide — in RED are not valid in North America — in GREEN are valid only in North America.

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