Unscramble PROCTOLOGY to get 162 words. PROCTOLOGY itself is a real word: 18 points on a Scrabble board, 21 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, COPROLOGY leads with 17 points. 10 letters: 3 vowels and 7 consonants.
P34R1O1C34T1O1L12O1G23Y43
Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
By length, the words from PROCTOLOGY split into 1 with 10 letters, 2 with 9, 4 with 8, 3 with 7, 11 with 6, 26 with 5, 60 with 4, 46 with 3 and 9 with 2.
The best of the 5-letter words made with PROCTOLOGY letters is CRYPT, 12 points; GOOPY and GRYPT on 11 follow. COLOR, GLORY and TROOP are everyday picks.
Among the 4-letter words you get when you unscramble PROCTOLOGY, COPY leads with 11 points, then GYPO and POGY on 10. PORT, COOL and POOL are the familiar ones.
GYP scores highest among the 3-letter words from PROCTOLOGY at 9 points, ahead of CLY and COY on 8. TOP, TOO and GOT are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of PROCTOLOGY but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with PR · ending in GY · all 10-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by POLYCOT, TOCOLOGY and TOPOLOGY (14 points each).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept PROCTOLOGY, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| PROCTOLOGY itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 162) | 128 | 160 | 112 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
34 of the 162 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: OPTOLOGY, COLORY, GRYPT, GROOLY, PORTY, ROOPY, CLOOP, GOORY, PORY, PYOT, TRYP, YOOP and 22 more. 16 of the 162 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: COPROLOGY, TROPOLOGY, GLOOPY, GYPO, GOOLY, PYRO, GLOOP, POGO, TOCO, TOPO, LOC, POO and 4 more. 2 of the 162 answers are missing from Scrabble UK: COOLY and GOY.