Unscramble NEUROPTERONS and you have 368 words, NEUROPTERONS itself among them: it scores 14 in Scrabble and 18 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, NEUROPTERON leads with 13 points. The 12 letters split into 5 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from NEUROPTERONS by length: 1 with 12 letters, 1 with 11, 1 with 10, 8 with 9, 30 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 27 with 2.
NEUROPTERON is the only one of the 11-letter words in NEUROPTERONS; it scores 13 points.
There is a single one of the 10-letter words made with NEUROPTERONS letters: PONTONEERS, 12 points.
Of the 30 8-letter words you get when you unscramble NEUROPTERONS, 19 score 10 points, the group's best. TROOPERS, NEUTRONS and PRONOUNS are the ones most people know.
Every one of the 60 7-letter words from NEUROPTERONS scores 9. REPORTS, PRESENT and POSTURE are everyday picks.
All 60 of the 6-letter words in NEUROPTERONS score 8 points. PERSON, POSTER and PORTER are the ones most people know.
Every one of the 60 5-letter words made with NEUROPTERONS letters scores 7. PETER, PORTS and OPENS are everyday picks.
The 4-letter words you get when you unscramble NEUROPTERONS come to 60, each scoring 6 points. POST, OPEN and PORT are the familiar ones.
29 of 60 3-letter words from NEUROPTERONS tie at 5 points; none scores more. NOT, ONE and TOP will look familiar.
Keep every letter of NEUROPTERONS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 12-letter words: starting with NE · ending in NS · all 12-letter words
Here is what the 5 strongest answers mean; OUTPREENS and UPROOTERS (11 points each) share the top spot.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Scrabble UK accepts NEUROPTERONS, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| NEUROPTERONS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 368) | 274 | 368 | 253 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
94 of the 368 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: NEUROPTERONS, NEUROPTERON, PONTONEERS, OUTROPERS, PONTONEER, OUTPEERS, OUTROPER, OUTROPES, PERONEUS, PORTEOUS, PRONEURS, PROTENSE and 82 more. 21 of the 368 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: PRESTORE, NEOTENOUS, PEREONS, PRONEST, SPOONER, SPOORER, NORTENOS, PENNES, PRONER, PRONES, PERES, PERE and 9 more.