Unscramble PROFESSIONAL and you have 432 words, PROFESSIONAL itself among them: it scores 17 in Scrabble and 20 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, PROFESSION leads with 15 points. 12 letters: 5 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
By length, the words from PROFESSIONAL split into 1 with 12 letters, 4 with 10, 27 with 9, 60 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 40 with 2. None has 11 letters.
PROFESSION tops the 10-letter words made with PROFESSIONAL letters at 15 points; next come SOLFERINOS on 13 and POLONAISES on 12.
Of the 27 9-letter words in PROFESSIONAL, 6 score 14 points, the group's best. PERSONALS is the one most people know.
Among 60 8-letter words you get when you unscramble PROFESSIONAL, the top score is 13, reached by 13. PERSONAL, PROFILES and FAIRNESS are the familiar ones.
11 of 60 7-letter words from PROFESSIONAL tie at 12 points; none scores more. PROFILE, EPSILON and INSOFAR will look familiar.
Of the 60 6-letter words made with PROFESSIONAL letters, 9 score 11 points, the group's best. FLOORS, FINALS and FOSSIL are the ones most people know.
60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble PROFESSIONAL; 14 of them share the top score of 10. FILES, FINAL and FALSE are everyday picks.
Of the 60 4-letter words from PROFESSIONAL, 9 score 9 points, the group's best. FILE, FIRE and FINE are the ones most people know.
Among the 3-letter words in PROFESSIONAL, FAP and FOP tie for first at 8 points. FAR, FAN and PIN are everyday picks.
Trade one tile of PROFESSIONAL for another and you can spell these 4 words:
More 12-letter words: starting with PR · ending in AL · all 12-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by PROFESSION (15 points).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept PROFESSIONAL, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| PROFESSIONAL itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 432) | 341 | 427 | 308 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
87 of the 432 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: FOREPLANS, PROOFLESS, FOREPLAN, FORPINES, SPOOFIER, FORPINE, FRIPONS, PERFINS, FORELAIN, FORSLOES, FRAPES, FRIPON and 75 more. 33 of the 432 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: FLAPERONS, FLOORPANS, LIFESPANS, FLAPERON, FLOORPAN, LIFESPAN, SOLFERINOS, SOLFERINO, LOOPINESS, PIANOLESS, SNARFLES, FLOSSER and 21 more. 3 of the 432 answers are missing from Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: ALFS, ALF and FI. 1 of the 432 answers is missing from Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: POOFIER. 1 of the 432 answers is missing from Scrabble US and Scrabble UK: POOFS.
These 2 words take every letter of PROFESSIONAL plus a single extra one.