Unscramble PROTEAN and you have 203 words, PROTEAN itself among them: it scores 9 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. 2 anagrams of PROTEAN are on the page: OPERANT and PRONATE, each 9 points. 11 shorter words score 8, among them PARENT, PATRON and TARPON. The 7 letters split into 3 vowels and 4 consonants. All 7 tiles of PROTEAN in one turn: 59 in Scrabble (9 + 50), 46 in Words With Friends (11 + 35).
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
By length, the words from PROTEAN split into 3 with 7 letters, 13 with 6, 45 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 22 with 2.
Among 45 5-letter words from PROTEAN, the top score is 7, reached by 29. OPERA, TONER and PRONE are the familiar ones.
39 of 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble PROTEAN tie at 6 points; none scores more. PART, OPEN and RATE will look familiar.
Of the 60 3-letter words made with PROTEAN letters, 23 score 5 points, the group's best. NOT, ARE and ONE are the ones most people know.
These 6 words have the length of PROTEAN, with one letter different:
More 7-letter words: starting with PR · ending in AN · all 7-letter words
PROTEAN first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
PROTEAN 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| PROTEAN itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 203) | 170 | 203 | 162 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: PANTER, APERT, OPTER, PETAR, PORAE, PORTA, POTAE, PRENT, PREON, TAPEN, TRAPE, PERN and 21 more, 33 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: PAREN, APO, OPA, NARE, PO, RENO, ARO and TE, 8 in all.
Each word below uses all the letters of PROTEAN and one more.