Unscramble PROTECTRICES to get 399 words. PROTECTRICES itself is a real word: 18 points on a Scrabble board, 21 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, COPESETTIC leads with 16 points. The 12 letters split into 4 vowels and 8 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from PROTECTRICES split into 1 with 12 letters, 6 with 10, 17 with 9, 53 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 22 with 2. None has 11 letters.
COPESETTIC tops the 10-letter words in PROTECTRICES at 16 points; next come CORRECTEST and PROTECTERS on 14. RETROSPECT will look familiar.
COPESETIC scores highest among the 9-letter words made with PROTECTRICES letters at 15 points, ahead of PROTECTER and RECEIPTOR on 13. RECEPTORS is the one most people know.
53 8-letter words you get when you unscramble PROTECTRICES; 4 of them share the top score of 14. RECEPTOR, RESTRICT and PROTECTS are everyday picks.
The 7-letter words from PROTECTRICES are led by ECTOPIC, PERCOCT and SCEPTIC, 13 points each. RESPECT, CORRECT and PROTECT are the familiar ones.
PECTIC tops the 6-letter words made with PROTECTRICES letters at 12 points; next come CERCIS and CEROCS on 10. PRICES, TOPICS and SCRIPT will look familiar.
Of the 60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble PROTECTRICES, 38 score 9 points, the group's best. PRICE, TOPIC and PIECE are the ones most people know.
17 of 60 4-letter words from PROTECTRICES tie at 8 points; none scores more. COST, PICS and CORE will look familiar.
Of the 60 3-letter words in PROTECTRICES, 4 score 7 points, the group's best. ITS, TOP and PRO are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of PROTECTRICES but one, change that one, and you get:
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Here is what the 6 strongest answers mean; CORRECTEST, COSCRIPT, PROTECTERS and STEREOPTIC (14 points each) share the top spot.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
In Scrabble, yes: PROTECTRICES is playable in Scrabble UK. It is not in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| PROTECTRICES itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 399) | 330 | 396 | 297 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
69 of the 399 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: PROTECTRICES, COPESETTIC, ECTROPIC, PERCOCTS, SPECCIER, PERCOCT, ECTOPIES, PERSICOT, PORRECTS, COPSIER, CORSETIER, PECTISE and 57 more. 30 of the 399 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: PROTECTERS, RECEIPTORS, PROTECTER, RECEIPTOR, TORTRICES, ECESIC, PRESTORE, TRICEP, CIRCS, PERCS, SPECT, TORTIERES and 18 more. 3 of the 399 answers are missing from Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: STEREOPTIC, CRIPS and CRIP.
This word takes every letter of PROTECTRICES plus a single extra one.