Unscramble PROBATORY and you have 186 words, PROBATORY itself among them: it scores 16 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. It has 9 letters, 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
P34R1O1B34A1T1O1R1Y43
Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
By length, the words from PROBATORY split into 1 with 9 letters, 4 with 7, 8 with 6, 35 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 18 with 2. None has 8 letters.
POBOY tops the 5-letter words from PROBATORY at 12 points; next come ATOPY and BARRY on 10. PARTY, BOOTY and ROBOT will look familiar.
Of the 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble PROBATORY, 16 score 9 points, the group's best. PART, PORT and POOR are the ones most people know.
60 3-letter words made with PROBATORY letters; 8 of them share the top score of 8. TOP, ART and PAY are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of PROBATORY but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with PR · ending in RY · all 9-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by POTBOY (13 points).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept PROBATORY, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| PROBATORY itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 186) | 144 | 186 | 131 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: TARBOY, BOOAY, PORTY, PRATY, ROOPY, RYBAT, YRAPT, BAYT, PORY, PYAT, PYOT, TRYP and 30 more, 42 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: POBOY, BARRY, PYRO, PROB, OATY, TOPO, APO, OBA, OPA, POO, PO, ARO and 1 more, 13 in all.