Unscramble PROFICIENT to get 317 words. PROFICIENT itself is a real word: 17 points on a Scrabble board, 20 in Words With Friends. The 10 letters split into 4 vowels and 6 consonants.
P34R1O1F4I1C34I1E1N12T1
Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from PROFICIENT by length: 1 with 10 letters, 2 with 9, 15 with 8, 34 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 25 with 2.
9 of 34 7-letter words you get when you unscramble PROFICIENT tie at 12 points; none scores more. PROTEIN, FICTION and POINTER will look familiar.
60 6-letter words from PROFICIENT; 10 of them share the top score of 11. NOTICE, PROFIT and PRINCE are everyday picks.
Among 60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble PROFICIENT, the top score is 10, reached by 6. PRICE, PRINT and POINT are the familiar ones.
8 of 60 4-letter words from PROFICIENT tie at 9 points; none scores more. INFO, FIRE and FINE will look familiar.
FOP scores highest among the 3-letter words in PROFICIENT at 8 points, ahead of CEP and COP on 7. TOP, NET and PRO are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of PROFICIENT but one, change that one, and you get:
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Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; PONTIFIC (15 points) takes the top spot.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
PROFICIENT 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| PROFICIENT itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 317) | 239 | 315 | 217 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: PONTIFICE, OPIFICER, PETRIFIC, EPITONIC, FORPINE, INFORCE, FICTOR, FORPET, FORPIT, FRIPON, PERFIN, PERICON and 65 more, 77 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: PROTEINIC, FIREPIT, PRETONIC, FRICOT, TRICEP, FINITO, REPOINT, COPI, FREON, PERC, PERITI, PERNIO and 9 more, 21 in all. Not in Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: CRIP. Not in Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: FI.
This word takes every letter of PROFICIENT plus a single extra one.