Unscramble PROTECTANT and you have 284 words, PROTECTANT itself among them: it scores 14 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. It has 10 letters, 3 vowels and 7 consonants.
P34R1O1T1E1C34T1A1N12T1
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from PROTECTANT split into 1 with 10 letters, 5 with 8, 16 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 22 with 2. None has 9 letters.
10 of 60 6-letter words from PROTECTANT tie at 10 points; none scores more. PARENT, POTTER and PATENT will look familiar.
Among 60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble PROTECTANT, the top score is 9, reached by 15. OCEAN, OPERA and ACTOR are the familiar ones.
10 of 60 4-letter words from PROTECTANT tie at 8 points; none scores more. PART, OPEN and CARE will look familiar.
60 3-letter words in PROTECTANT; 5 of them share the top score of 7. ARE, CAN and TOP are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of PROTECTANT but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with PR · ending in NT · all 10-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with COPARENT and PORTANCE (12 points each).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept PROTECTANT, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| PROTECTANT itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 284) | 240 | 284 | 222 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: ATTERCOP, PENTACT, CATNEP, CONTRATE, ATTONCE, CONTRAT, PANCE, PORTATE, TETRACT, TRANECT, APTOTE, CREANT and 32 more, 44 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: PATONCE, CAPOT, CORNETT, CANOER, PERC, RECOAT, RETCON, ONCET, PAREN, ACRO, CERT, APO and 6 more, 18 in all.
With one more tile, the letters of PROTECTANT spell the words below.