Definition of prohibitively

"prohibitively" in the adverb sense

1. prohibitively

to a prohibitive degree

"it is prohibitively expensive"

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prohibitively in Scrabble®

The word prohibitively is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 26

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays In The Letters prohibitively:

PROHIBITIVELY
(279)
PROHIBITIVELY
(279)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (29 words)

biolite, biolith, biotype, blither, brevity, brothel, hoplite, liberty, liriope, overbit, overlit, overtip, overtly, philter, philtre, pithier, pithily, pivoter, plovery, politer, potherb, poverty, preboil, probity, repilot, repivot, trilobe, tripole, vitriol

 

All Scrabble® Plays For The Word prohibitively

PROHIBITIVELY
(279)
PROHIBITIVELY
(279)
PROHIBITIVELY
(186)
PROHIBITIVELY
(186)
PROHIBITIVELY
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PROHIBITIVELY
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PROHIBITIVELY
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PROHIBITIVELY
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PROHIBITIVELY
(112)
PROHIBITIVELY
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PROHIBITIVELY
(108)
PROHIBITIVELY
(104)
PROHIBITIVELY
(104)
PROHIBITIVELY
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PROHIBITIVELY
(84)
PROHIBITIVELY
(80)
PROHIBITIVELY
(72)
PROHIBITIVELY
(56)
PROHIBITIVELY
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PROHIBITIVELY
(42)
PROHIBITIVELY
(38)
PROHIBITIVELY
(33)
PROHIBITIVELY
(32)
PROHIBITIVELY
(32)

The 200 Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays For Words Using The Letters In prohibitively

PROHIBITIVELY
(279)
PROHIBITIVELY
(279)
PROHIBITIVELY
(186)
PROHIBITIVELY
(186)
PROHIBITIVELY
(132)
PROHIBITIVELY
(120)
PROHIBITIVELY
(120)
PROHIBITIVELY
(120)
PROHIBITIVELY
(112)
PROHIBITIVELY
(112)
PLOVERY
(110 = 60 + 50)
POVERTY
(110 = 60 + 50)
PITHILY
(110 = 60 + 50)
BREVITY
(110 = 60 + 50)
PROHIBITIVELY
(108)
BREVITY
(107 = 57 + 50)
BREVITY
(107 = 57 + 50)
POVERTY
(107 = 57 + 50)
PLOVERY
(107 = 57 + 50)
PITHILY
(107 = 57 + 50)
POVERTY
(107 = 57 + 50)
PITHILY
(107 = 57 + 50)
BREVITY
(107 = 57 + 50)
PITHILY
(107 = 57 + 50)
PLOVERY
(107 = 57 + 50)
PLOVERY
(107 = 57 + 50)
BIOTYPE
(106 = 56 + 50)
POTHERB
(106 = 56 + 50)
PROBITY
(106 = 56 + 50)
POTHERB
(104 = 54 + 50)
POVERTY
(104 = 54 + 50)
PROHIBITIVELY
(104)
PLOVERY
(104 = 54 + 50)
PITHILY
(104 = 54 + 50)
PROHIBITIVELY
(104)
PROHIBITIVELY
(104)
PROBITY
(104 = 54 + 50)
POTHERB
(104 = 54 + 50)
BIOTYPE
(104 = 54 + 50)
BREVITY
(104 = 54 + 50)
OVERTLY
(102 = 52 + 50)
OVERTLY
(101 = 51 + 50)
BIOTYPE
(101 = 51 + 50)
BIOTYPE
(101 = 51 + 50)
PROBITY
(101 = 51 + 50)
OVERTLY
(101 = 51 + 50)
PROBITY
(101 = 51 + 50)
PROBITY
(101 = 51 + 50)
POTHERB
(101 = 51 + 50)
POTHERB
(101 = 51 + 50)
LIBERTY
(98 = 48 + 50)
PHILTER
(98 = 48 + 50)
PLOVERY
(98 = 48 + 50)
PIVOTER
(98 = 48 + 50)
OVERTIP
(98 = 48 + 50)
PLOVERY
(98 = 48 + 50)
PHILTER
(98 = 48 + 50)
PLOVERY
(98 = 48 + 50)
PIVOTER
(98 = 48 + 50)
POVERTY
(98 = 48 + 50)
POVERTY
(98 = 48 + 50)
POVERTY
(98 = 48 + 50)
BREVITY
(98 = 48 + 50)
LIBERTY
(98 = 48 + 50)
HOPLITE
(98 = 48 + 50)
HOPLITE
(98 = 48 + 50)
BREVITY
(98 = 48 + 50)
OVERTIP
(98 = 48 + 50)
BREVITY
(98 = 48 + 50)
POVERTY
(98 = 48 + 50)
BREVITY
(98 = 48 + 50)
POVERTY
(98 = 48 + 50)
PLOVERY
(98 = 48 + 50)
PITHILY
(98 = 48 + 50)
BLITHER
(98 = 48 + 50)
PITHILY
(98 = 48 + 50)
PITHILY
(98 = 48 + 50)
PITHILY
(98 = 48 + 50)
PITHIER
(98 = 48 + 50)
PITHIER
(98 = 48 + 50)
REPIVOT
(98 = 48 + 50)
BROTHEL
(98 = 48 + 50)
OVERBIT
(98 = 48 + 50)
PHILTRE
(98 = 48 + 50)
BLITHER
(98 = 48 + 50)
BIOLITH
(98 = 48 + 50)
REPIVOT
(98 = 48 + 50)
OVERBIT
(98 = 48 + 50)
PITHIER
(98 = 48 + 50)
PHILTRE
(98 = 48 + 50)
BROTHEL
(98 = 48 + 50)
BIOLITH
(98 = 48 + 50)
POVERTY
(96 = 46 + 50)
PHILTRE
(95 = 45 + 50)
PITHILY
(95 = 45 + 50)
PHILTER
(95 = 45 + 50)
OVERTIP
(95 = 45 + 50)
BROTHEL
(95 = 45 + 50)
POTHERB
(95 = 45 + 50)
OVERBIT
(95 = 45 + 50)
HOPLITE
(95 = 45 + 50)
BIOLITH
(95 = 45 + 50)
PIVOTER
(95 = 45 + 50)
PITHIER
(95 = 45 + 50)
PROBITY
(95 = 45 + 50)
POTHERB
(95 = 45 + 50)
POVERTY
(95 = 45 + 50)
PLOVERY
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POTHERB
(95 = 45 + 50)
POTHERB
(95 = 45 + 50)
PROBITY
(95 = 45 + 50)
REPIVOT
(95 = 45 + 50)
PROBITY
(95 = 45 + 50)
BLITHER
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BIOTYPE
(95 = 45 + 50)
BIOTYPE
(95 = 45 + 50)
BIOTYPE
(95 = 45 + 50)
BIOTYPE
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BREVITY
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LIBERTY
(95 = 45 + 50)
BIOTYPE
(95 = 45 + 50)
PROBITY
(95 = 45 + 50)
PREBOIL
(94 = 44 + 50)
BIOTYPE
(94 = 44 + 50)
POVERTY
(94 = 44 + 50)
BIOTYPE
(92 = 42 + 50)
POTHERB
(92 = 42 + 50)
OVERTLY
(92 = 42 + 50)
PREBOIL
(92 = 42 + 50)
OVERTLY
(92 = 42 + 50)
OVERTLY
(92 = 42 + 50)
PROBITY
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OVERLIT
(92 = 42 + 50)
PREBOIL
(92 = 42 + 50)
OVERTLY
(92 = 42 + 50)
PREBOIL
(92 = 42 + 50)
OVERTLY
(92 = 42 + 50)
VITRIOL
(92 = 42 + 50)
OVERTLY
(92 = 42 + 50)
OVERTLY
(92 = 42 + 50)
OVERLIT
(90 = 40 + 50)
PHILTRE
(90 = 40 + 50)
REPIVOT
(90 = 40 + 50)
PITHILY
(90 = 40 + 50)
BLITHER
(90 = 40 + 50)
PHILTER
(90 = 40 + 50)
OVERTIP
(90 = 40 + 50)
PIVOTER
(90 = 40 + 50)
BREVITY
(90 = 40 + 50)
BIOTYPE
(90 = 40 + 50)
PLOVERY
(90 = 40 + 50)
OVERBIT
(90 = 40 + 50)
BROTHEL
(90 = 40 + 50)
POVERTY
(90 = 40 + 50)
VITRIOL
(90 = 40 + 50)
BROTHEL
(89 = 39 + 50)
REPIVOT
(89 = 39 + 50)
BROTHEL
(89 = 39 + 50)
REPIVOT
(89 = 39 + 50)
REPIVOT
(89 = 39 + 50)
BIOLITH
(89 = 39 + 50)
BROTHEL
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REPIVOT
(89 = 39 + 50)
OVERTIP
(89 = 39 + 50)
BROTHEL
(89 = 39 + 50)
BIOLITH
(89 = 39 + 50)
BIOLITH
(89 = 39 + 50)
REPIVOT
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REPIVOT
(89 = 39 + 50)
BROTHEL
(89 = 39 + 50)
HOPLITE
(89 = 39 + 50)
OVERTIP
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HOPLITE
(89 = 39 + 50)
BIOLITH
(89 = 39 + 50)
OVERTLY
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HOPLITE
(89 = 39 + 50)
HOPLITE
(89 = 39 + 50)
BIOLITH
(89 = 39 + 50)
OVERTIP
(89 = 39 + 50)
BROTHEL
(89 = 39 + 50)
HOPLITE
(89 = 39 + 50)
HOPLITE
(89 = 39 + 50)
OVERTIP
(89 = 39 + 50)
BIOLITH
(89 = 39 + 50)
OVERTIP
(89 = 39 + 50)
BLITHER
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LIBERTY
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PIVOTER
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PIVOTER
(89 = 39 + 50)
PIVOTER
(89 = 39 + 50)
BLITHER
(89 = 39 + 50)
BLITHER
(89 = 39 + 50)
PIVOTER
(89 = 39 + 50)
BLITHER
(89 = 39 + 50)
BLITHER
(89 = 39 + 50)
OVERBIT
(89 = 39 + 50)
BLITHER
(89 = 39 + 50)
OVERBIT
(89 = 39 + 50)
PHILTRE
(89 = 39 + 50)
LIBERTY
(89 = 39 + 50)

prohibitively in Words With Friends™

The word prohibitively is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 28

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Play In The Letters prohibitively:

PROHIBITIVELY
(342)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (29 words)

biolite, biolith, biotype, blither, brevity, brothel, hoplite, liberty, liriope, overbit, overlit, overtip, overtly, philter, philtre, pithier, pithily, pivoter, plovery, politer, potherb, poverty, preboil, probity, repilot, repivot, trilobe, tripole, vitriol

 

All Words With Friends™ Plays For The Word prohibitively

PROHIBITIVELY
(342)
PROHIBITIVELY
(288)
PROHIBITIVELY
(288)
PROHIBITIVELY
(240)
PROHIBITIVELY
(228)
PROHIBITIVELY
(132)
PROHIBITIVELY
(128)
PROHIBITIVELY
(128)
PROHIBITIVELY
(124)
PROHIBITIVELY
(112)
PROHIBITIVELY
(112)
PROHIBITIVELY
(112)
PROHIBITIVELY
(92)
PROHIBITIVELY
(72)
PROHIBITIVELY
(64)
PROHIBITIVELY
(43)
PROHIBITIVELY
(38)
PROHIBITIVELY
(36)
PROHIBITIVELY
(36)
PROHIBITIVELY
(36)
PROHIBITIVELY
(35)
PROHIBITIVELY
(34)
PROHIBITIVELY
(32)
PROHIBITIVELY
(31)

The 200 Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays Using The Letters In prohibitively

PROHIBITIVELY
(342)
PROHIBITIVELY
(288)
PROHIBITIVELY
(288)
PROHIBITIVELY
(240)
PROHIBITIVELY
(228)
POVERTY
(137 = 102 + 35)
PROHIBITIVELY
(132)
PIVOTER
(131 = 96 + 35)
PLOVERY
(128 = 93 + 35)
PROHIBITIVELY
(128)
PROHIBITIVELY
(128)
PROHIBITIVELY
(124)
PLOVERY
(122 = 87 + 35)
BREVITY
(119 = 84 + 35)
BREVITY
(119 = 84 + 35)
PLOVERY
(116 = 81 + 35)
PLOVERY
(116 = 81 + 35)
HOPLITE
(116 = 81 + 35)
PLOVERY
(116 = 81 + 35)
OVERTLY
(113 = 78 + 35)
OVERBIT
(113 = 78 + 35)
OVERTIP
(113 = 78 + 35)
BREVITY
(113 = 78 + 35)
BREVITY
(113 = 78 + 35)
BREVITY
(113 = 78 + 35)
REPIVOT
(113 = 78 + 35)
PROHIBITIVELY
(112)
PROHIBITIVELY
(112)
PROHIBITIVELY
(112)
PITHILY
(110 = 75 + 35)
PROBITY
(110 = 75 + 35)
PROBITY
(110 = 75 + 35)
POTHERB
(110 = 75 + 35)
PITHILY
(110 = 75 + 35)
PROBITY
(110 = 75 + 35)
POTHERB
(110 = 75 + 35)
PLOVERY
(110 = 75 + 35)
LIBERTY
(110 = 75 + 35)
BIOTYPE
(110 = 75 + 35)
PLOVERY
(110 = 75 + 35)
BIOTYPE
(110 = 75 + 35)
PREBOIL
(107 = 72 + 35)
OVERTIP
(107 = 72 + 35)
OVERBIT
(107 = 72 + 35)
BREVITY
(107 = 72 + 35)
OVERTLY
(107 = 72 + 35)
BREVITY
(107 = 72 + 35)
POVERTY
(107 = 72 + 35)
OVERBIT
(107 = 72 + 35)
PREBOIL
(107 = 72 + 35)
PREBOIL
(107 = 72 + 35)
POVERTY
(107 = 72 + 35)
OVERTIP
(107 = 72 + 35)
REPIVOT
(107 = 72 + 35)
OVERLIT
(107 = 72 + 35)
VITRIOL
(107 = 72 + 35)
PROBITY
(104 = 69 + 35)
PHILTRE
(104 = 69 + 35)
BIOTYPE
(104 = 69 + 35)
BLITHER
(104 = 69 + 35)
BIOLITH
(104 = 69 + 35)
POLITER
(104 = 69 + 35)
PITHILY
(104 = 69 + 35)
PHILTER
(104 = 69 + 35)
PHILTRE
(104 = 69 + 35)
PHILTER
(104 = 69 + 35)
PITHILY
(104 = 69 + 35)
PLOVERY
(104 = 69 + 35)
POTHERB
(104 = 69 + 35)
PITHILY
(104 = 69 + 35)
TRILOBE
(104 = 69 + 35)
BROTHEL
(104 = 69 + 35)
TRIPOLE
(104 = 69 + 35)
PROBITY
(104 = 69 + 35)
POTHERB
(104 = 69 + 35)
PROBITY
(104 = 69 + 35)
BIOTYPE
(104 = 69 + 35)
BIOTYPE
(104 = 69 + 35)
POTHERB
(104 = 69 + 35)
PROBITY
(104 = 69 + 35)
BROTHEL
(104 = 69 + 35)
POTHERB
(104 = 69 + 35)
PLOVERY
(103 = 68 + 35)
PLOVERY
(103 = 68 + 35)
PLOVERY
(103 = 68 + 35)
VITRIOL
(101 = 66 + 35)
OVERLIT
(101 = 66 + 35)
PITHIER
(101 = 66 + 35)
PREBOIL
(101 = 66 + 35)
PREBOIL
(101 = 66 + 35)
BREVITY
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PREBOIL
(101 = 66 + 35)
OVERTLY
(101 = 66 + 35)
POVERTY
(101 = 66 + 35)
OVERTIP
(101 = 66 + 35)
PIVOTER
(101 = 66 + 35)
BREVITY
(99 = 64 + 35)
POVERTY
(99 = 64 + 35)
POVERTY
(99 = 64 + 35)
POVERTY
(99 = 64 + 35)
BREVITY
(99 = 64 + 35)
BREVITY
(99 = 64 + 35)
BLITHER
(98 = 63 + 35)
BIOLITH
(98 = 63 + 35)
POTHERB
(98 = 63 + 35)
LIRIOPE
(98 = 63 + 35)
BLITHER
(98 = 63 + 35)
PITHILY
(98 = 63 + 35)
LIBERTY
(98 = 63 + 35)
BIOLITE
(98 = 63 + 35)
PROBITY
(98 = 63 + 35)
PHILTRE
(98 = 63 + 35)
TRIPOLE
(98 = 63 + 35)
PLOVERY
(98 = 63 + 35)
BROTHEL
(98 = 63 + 35)
POTHERB
(98 = 63 + 35)
BIOLITH
(98 = 63 + 35)
PITHILY
(98 = 63 + 35)
PHILTER
(98 = 63 + 35)
REPILOT
(98 = 63 + 35)
PITHILY
(98 = 63 + 35)
PITHIER
(95 = 60 + 35)
PITHIER
(95 = 60 + 35)
PITHIER
(95 = 60 + 35)
PROBITY
(95 = 60 + 35)
POTHERB
(95 = 60 + 35)
BIOTYPE
(95 = 60 + 35)
POTHERB
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OVERTLY
(95 = 60 + 35)
PITHILY
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OVERTLY
(95 = 60 + 35)
BIOTYPE
(95 = 60 + 35)
PREBOIL
(95 = 60 + 35)
POTHERB
(95 = 60 + 35)
PITHILY
(95 = 60 + 35)
PROBITY
(95 = 60 + 35)
BIOTYPE
(95 = 60 + 35)
POVERTY
(95 = 60 + 35)
PITHILY
(95 = 60 + 35)
POVERTY
(95 = 60 + 35)
PROBITY
(95 = 60 + 35)
VIBRIO
(93)
BIOTYPE
(92 = 57 + 35)
BIOLITH
(92 = 57 + 35)
TRIPOLE
(92 = 57 + 35)
BIOLITH
(92 = 57 + 35)
BIOLITE
(92 = 57 + 35)
PHILTRE
(92 = 57 + 35)
TRIPOLE
(92 = 57 + 35)
PHILTRE
(92 = 57 + 35)
HOPLITE
(92 = 57 + 35)
HOPLITE
(92 = 57 + 35)
PHILTER
(92 = 57 + 35)
POLITER
(92 = 57 + 35)
PHILTER
(92 = 57 + 35)
BLITHER
(92 = 57 + 35)
HOPLITE
(92 = 57 + 35)
PITHILY
(92 = 57 + 35)
BIOLITH
(92 = 57 + 35)
LIBERTY
(92 = 57 + 35)
LIRIOPE
(92 = 57 + 35)
TRILOBE
(92 = 57 + 35)
PLOVERY
(92 = 57 + 35)
PROHIBITIVELY
(92)
PREBOIL
(91 = 56 + 35)
OVERTIP
(91 = 56 + 35)
OVERBIT
(91 = 56 + 35)
OVERTLY
(91 = 56 + 35)
OVERTIP
(91 = 56 + 35)
REPIVOT
(91 = 56 + 35)
OVERTIP
(91 = 56 + 35)
OVERBIT
(91 = 56 + 35)
PREBOIL
(91 = 56 + 35)
OVERTLY
(91 = 56 + 35)
PIVOTER
(91 = 56 + 35)
OVERTLY
(91 = 56 + 35)
PIVOTER
(91 = 56 + 35)
PREBOIL
(91 = 56 + 35)
REPIVOT
(91 = 56 + 35)
OVERBIT
(91 = 56 + 35)
PIVOTER
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REPIVOT
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VITRIOL
(89 = 54 + 35)
OVERLIT
(89 = 54 + 35)
REPIVOT
(89 = 54 + 35)
OVERBIT
(89 = 54 + 35)
OVERTLY
(89 = 54 + 35)
OVERBIT
(89 = 54 + 35)
BREVITY
(89 = 54 + 35)
OVERTLY
(89 = 54 + 35)
BREVITY
(89 = 54 + 35)
OVERTIP
(89 = 54 + 35)
PIVOTER
(89 = 54 + 35)
POVERTY
(89 = 54 + 35)
PIVOTER
(89 = 54 + 35)
REPIVOT
(89 = 54 + 35)
PIVOTER
(89 = 54 + 35)
POVERTY
(89 = 54 + 35)
PREBOIL
(89 = 54 + 35)
POVERTY
(89 = 54 + 35)

Words within the letters of prohibitively

2 letter words in prohibitively (14 words)

8 letter words in prohibitively (6 words)

11 letter words in prohibitively (1 word)

13 letter words in prohibitively (1 word)

Words containing the sequence prohibitively

Words that start with prohibitively (1 word)

Words with prohibitively in them (1 word)

Words that end with prohibitively (1 word)

Word Growth involving prohibitively

Shorter words in prohibitively

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it bit prohibit prohibitive

hi prohibit prohibitive

oh prohibit prohibitive

Longer words containing prohibitively

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