Hidden inside proves sit pervos and proves, six-letter plays tied at the top of this rack with 11 points in Scrabble apiece. In all, 63 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
pervos and proves tie for the highest Scrabble score from proves at 11 points. The top 10 of 63 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
There are 2 six-letter words hiding in proves: one comes from rearranging its letters, and proves itself is already a playable word with no unscrambling required. If a familiar word is all you need, start with proves. For points, the strongest plays are pervos and proves — each worth 11 points in Scrabble.
The words below are listed alphabetically. Scores count playable tiles only and leave out premium-square bonuses.
There are 13 five-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in proves. If a familiar word is all you need, start with prove and ropes. For points, the strongest plays are pervo, pervs, and prove — each worth 10 points in Scrabble.
The full list follows, sorted A to Z; every score reflects tile constraints and skips board bonuses.
Rearranging the letters in proves produces 19 valid four-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with over, pose, pros, reps, rope, rose, and sore. For points, the strongest play is perv — worth 9 points in Scrabble.
Below, the list runs in alphabetical order, with each score based on the playable tile set — premium squares not included.
Unscrambling proves turns up 19 three-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with per, pro, and rep. For points, the strongest plays are rev, sev, and voe — each worth 6 points in Scrabble.
The words below are listed alphabetically. Scores count playable tiles only and leave out premium-square bonuses.
There are 10 two-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in proves. If a familiar word is all you need, start with or and so. For points, the strongest plays are op, pe, and po — each worth 4 points in Scrabble.
The full list follows, sorted A to Z; every score reflects tile constraints and skips board bonuses.
Swap a single tile in proves and you get a different six-letter rack with its own word list. None of these appear in the results above — they share 5 of the 6 letters, not all of them.
proves is in the NWL, the official Scrabble word list for North America, and in the Words With Friends dictionary, so it's playable exactly as it stands and needs no unscrambling.
The 2-point gap between the two totals comes from the tile values themselves: Scrabble and Words With Friends price the same letters differently.
Dictionaries record nine senses for proves. Scrabble and Words With Friends score tiles and not meanings, so every sense below is worth the same 11 points on a Scrabble board:
proves is one of two six-letter words the same letters produce. No arrangement of the same tiles scores higher in Scrabble, so playing proves unchanged also takes the maximum points these letters offer.
The highest-scoring plays from these letters are pervos and proves, worth 11 points in Scrabble, and nothing else built from proves earns more points in Scrabble. Words With Friends prices the same letters differently, so the top of the list changes on a Words With Friends board. Both scores count tile values only and exclude premium squares.
The letters in proves produce 63 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 2 six-letter words, 13 five-letter words, 19 four-letter words, 19 three-letter words and 10 two-letter words.