Unscramble PROFESSORS and you have 187 words, PROFESSORS itself among them: it scores 15 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. 10 letters: 3 vowels and 7 consonants.
P34R1O1F4E1S1S1O1R1S1
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from PROFESSORS by length: 1 with 10 letters, 1 with 9, 5 with 8, 16 with 7, 24 with 6, 39 with 5, 49 with 4, 38 with 3 and 14 with 2.
PROFESSOR is the only one of the 9-letter words made with PROFESSORS letters; it scores 14 points.
PROOFS and SPOOFS share the top score of 11 among the 6-letter words from PROFESSORS. POORER and SPORES are the ones most people know.
4 of 39 5-letter words from PROFESSORS tie at 10 points; none scores more. PRESS, PROOF and ROSES will look familiar.
FOPS, POOF and PROF share the top score of 9 among the 4-letter words in PROFESSORS. POOR, ROSE and ROOF are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of PROFESSORS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with PR · ending in RS · all 10-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; PROOFERS, REPROOFS and SPOOFERS (13 points each) share the top spot.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
PROFESSORS works in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it appears in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| PROFESSORS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 187) | 146 | 186 | 133 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 40 of them: FOSSORS, FOSSOR, POROSES, POSSERS, ORFES, PORERS, POSSER, PRORES, FROS, OOFS, ORFE, ORFS and 28 more. Words With Friends* skips 14 of them: SPOORERS, SPOORER, FOOS, FES, FOO, OOF, POOS, SEPS, FE, POO, POS, PO and 2 more. Scrabble US and Scrabble UK skip 1 of them: POOFS.