Jumble solved
Is PRETERMIT a word? Yes.
PRETERMIT is a valid word in the Scrabble dictionary — 9 letters, worth 13 points before any premium squares. It rearranges into 3 anagrams, with 131 words hidden inside it.
- Total words
- 131
- Full anagrams
- 3
- Longest answer
- 9 letters
- Vowels : consonants
- 3 : 6
To solve the scramble by hand, set the 3 vowels (E, E, I) aside first, then try common beginnings and endings — re-, un-, -ing, -ed, -er — against the 6 remaining consonants (P, R, T, R, M, T).
Anagrams of PRETERMIT
3 words use all 9 letters — every full rearrangement of the scramble:
9-letter words
3 words found8-letter words
4 words found7-letter words
10 words found6-letter words
21 words found+ 6 more 6-letter words
5-letter words
26 words found+ 11 more 5-letter words
4-letter words
32 words found+ 17 more 4-letter words
3-letter words
24 words found+ 9 more 3-letter words
2-letter words
11 words foundWords hidden inside PRETERMIT
Without moving a single letter, reading pretermit straight through uncovers 4 shorter words — preterm, rete, term, ret. The longest unbroken run is preterm.
Related jumbles to try
Same letters, different word: unscramble permitter, unscramble tripmeter.
Shorter words inside PRETERMIT — solve each on its own:
Add one letter to PRETERMIT
Slot in one more tile — any letter — and pretermit opens up 3 10-letter words. Handy when a puzzle gives you a blank or an extra square.
Best words for tile games
Playing Scrabble or Words with Friends? These finds carry the highest tile values (before any bonus squares).
Letter breakdown
Total Letters
9
Distinct
6
Vowels
33%
E, E, I
Consonants
67%
P, R, T, R, M, T
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Solving PRETERMIT: common questions
How do you unscramble the letters pretermit?
Rearranging the 9 letters in pretermit produces 131 valid words in total. A quick way to crack a scramble is to pull the vowels out first, then test familiar beginnings and endings (such as re-, un-, -ing, -ed and -er) against the consonants that are left. That approach lands the 9-letter answer permitter here. Every arrangement below is checked against a standard word list, so anything listed is a real word.
Does pretermit have any anagrams?
Using every one of the 9 letters, pretermit can be rearranged into 3 words: permitter, pretermit and tripmeter. These are full anagrams — each uses the same tiles in a different order.
What is the longest word you can make from pretermit?
The longest solutions run to 9 letters: permitter, pretermit and tripmeter. Reaching the full length means every one of those tiles is in play at once.
What are the easiest short words from pretermit?
Short answers are the quickest to spot: pretermit yields eme, ere, err, imp, ire, met, mir, pee, per and pet. Two- and three-letter words are handy for warming up, for tricky racks, and for hooking onto letters already on the board in games like Scrabble and Words with Friends.
Which word from pretermit scores best in Scrabble or Words with Friends?
If you are playing a tile game, permitter is the top scorer from pretermit at 13 points, followed by pretermit (13), tripmeter (13) and emptier (11). Scores depend on the board, but these are the highest face values before any bonus squares.
What smaller words are hidden inside pretermit?
Read left to right without moving any letters and pretermit already contains 4 shorter words: preterm, rete, term and ret. The longest run of consecutive letters that spells a word is preterm. Because this depends on the exact order, each spelling of the same letters hides a different set.