Unscramble PROEMBRYO to get 170 words. PROEMBRYO itself is a real word: 18 points on a Scrabble board, 20 in Words With Friends. It has 9 letters, 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
P34R1O1E1M34B34R1Y43O1
Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from PROEMBRYO by length: 1 with 9 letters, 2 with 7, 11 with 6, 36 with 5, 54 with 4, 46 with 3 and 20 with 2. None has 8 letters.
6 of 36 5-letter words you get when you unscramble PROEMBRYO tie at 12 points; none scores more. PROBE, BERRY and MERRY will look familiar.
Of the 54 4-letter words from PROEMBRYO, 4 score 11 points, the group's best. MORE, ROOM and POOR are the ones most people know.
Among 46 3-letter words you get when you unscramble PROEMBRYO, the top score is 8, reached by 9. PRO, BOY and ROB are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of PROEMBRYO but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with PR · ending in YO · all 9-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; BROOMY, EMBRYO, MOPERY and PREBOOM (13 points each) share the top spot.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Scrabble UK accepts PROEMBRYO, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| PROEMBRYO itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 170) | 127 | 170 | 115 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: PROEMBRYO, POMEROY, BYROOM, POMROY, MOBEY, PREMY, MOBY, YMPE, ROOPY, RYPER, YBORE, BREY and 31 more, 43 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: POBOY, POMBE, YOMP, BROEY, PYRO, POMO, PROB, YER, EMO, POO, PO and ROO, 12 in all.
Each word below uses all the letters of PROEMBRYO and one more.