Unscramble PROJECTILE and you have 276 words, PROJECTILE itself among them: it scores 21 in Scrabble and 26 in Words With Friends. It has 10 letters, 4 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from PROJECTILE by length: 1 with 10 letters, 2 with 8, 25 with 7, 48 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 20 with 2. None has 9 letters.
The best of the 7-letter words in PROJECTILE is PROJECT, 18 points; EJECTOR and REJOICE on 16 follow. RECEIPT and REPTILE are everyday picks.
POTJIE, PROJET and REJECT share the top score of 15 among the 6-letter words from PROJECTILE. POLICE, RECIPE and EROTIC are the ones most people know.
Among the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble PROJECTILE, EJECT and POLJE tie for first at 14 points. PRICE, TOPIC and PETER are everyday picks.
JEEP tops the 4-letter words you get when you unscramble PROJECTILE at 13 points; next come JEEL and JEER on 11. CORE, CLIP and PEER will look familiar.
Among 60 3-letter words from PROJECTILE, the top score is 10, reached by 6. TOP, LET and LOT are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of PROJECTILE but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with PR · ending in LE · all 10-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with PROJECT (18 points).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept PROJECTILE, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| PROJECTILE itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 276) | 230 | 275 | 207 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: POTJIE, POLJE, JEEL, PLECTRE, PTEROIC, ROJI, TELEPIC, JOL, JOR, PICOTE, CLEEP, CLIPE and 34 more, 46 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: EEJIT, POLICER, TOECLIP, TRICEP, COPI, PERC, LOCIE, RECIT, TELCO, CERT, CLIT, CRIT and 10 more, 22 in all. Not in Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: CRIP.
With one more tile, the letters of PROJECTILE spell the words below.