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Prevented

p 3r 1e 1v 4e 1n 1t 1e 1d 2

About 3 syllables

verb · 9 letters · Very common · past tense of prevent

  • Scrabble US & Canada : valid
  • Scrabble UK & worldwide : valid
  • Words With Friends : valid
  • Wordle : not valid

What does prevented mean?

verb

  1. keep from happening or arising; make impossible

    “My sense of tact forbids an honest answer”

    Synonymsforestallforecloseprecludeforbid

  2. stop (someone or something) from doing something or being in a certain state

    “We must prevent the cancer from spreading”

    Synonymskeep

Definitions shown for prevent, the base form of prevented.

Is PREVENTED a valid word?

Game / word listValid?
Scrabble US & Canada (NWL / TWL) Yes
Scrabble UK & worldwide (Collins / SOWPODS) Yes
Words With Friends (ENABLE) Yes
Wordle (guess list) No

How many points is PREVENTED worth?

Scrabble

15 pts
p 3r 1e 1v 4e 1n 1t 1e 1d 2

Words With Friends

18 pts
p 4r 1e 1v 5e 1n 2t 1e 1d 2

Wordfeud

16 pts
p 4r 1e 1v 4e 1n 1t 1e 1d 2

NYT Crossplay

17 pts
p 3r 1e 1v 6e 1n 1t 1e 1d 2

Scores are the sum of the tile values, before premium squares or bingo bonuses.

Words from the letters in PREVENTED

Words that end like PREVENTED

Common words that share the ending -ENTED, handy for rhymes, poems and wordplay. Matches are based on spelling, so a few may not rhyme exactly.

commentedpresentedinventedconsenteddementedtalentedaugmentedcontenteddissentedfermentedsegmentedtormentedabsentedaccentedassentedcementedfomentedfragmentedindentedlamentedparentedpatentedrelentedrepented
All words ending in -ENTED

Prevented: quick answers

Is PREVENTED a valid Scrabble word?
Yes. PREVENTED is accepted in both the North American (NWL) and the international Collins Scrabble word lists, and scores 15 points before board bonuses.
How many points is PREVENTED worth?
PREVENTED scores 15 points in Scrabble, 18 in Words With Friends, 16 in Wordfeud and 17 in NYT Crossplay. These are plain tile totals, before any double- or triple-letter and word squares.
What does prevented mean?
prevented is the past tense of prevent, which means “keep from happening or arising”. It has 2 meanings in total, listed above.
What words can you make with the letters in PREVENTED?
You can make 185 shorter words from PREVENTED, such as PREVENED, PREEVED, PEEVED, PERVED. See the full list.