Unscramble PROTEID and you have 177 words, PROTEID itself among them: it scores 10 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. 3 anagrams of PROTEID are on the page: DIOPTER, DIOPTRE and PERIDOT, each 10 points. Among the shorter answers, 12 reach 9 points, PERIOD, TRIPOD and PORTED among them. It has 7 letters, 3 vowels and 4 consonants. Play all 7 tiles of PROTEID at once for 60 in Scrabble (10 + 50) or 46 in Words With Friends (11 + 35).
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from PROTEID by length: 4 with 7 letters, 17 with 6, 29 with 5, 59 with 4, 47 with 3 and 21 with 2.
Combined: NWL2023, Collins Scrabble Words 2024, WOW24 and Words With Friends together. Rude words are left out.
Of the 29 5-letter words you get when you unscramble PROTEID, 15 score 8 points, the group's best. TRIED, PRIDE and TIRED are the ones most people know.
10 of 59 4-letter words from PROTEID tie at 7 points; none scores more. EDIT, PORT and TRIP will look familiar.
Trade one tile of PROTEID for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 7-letter words: starting with PR · ending in ID · all 7-letter words
PROTEID first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept PROTEID, and the Words With Friends list has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| PROTEID itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 177) | 149 | 176 | 146 |
* Lists: NWL2023, Collins CSW24, *Words With Friends' own (changing) list.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: PIOTED, TROPED, POTED, DERP, OPTER, PETRI, PIERT, DOP, PIET, POTE, RIPT, ROTED and 14 more, 26 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: PEDI, DEP, ROID, PO and TE, 5 in all. Not in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK: ITER. Not in Scrabble US: DI.
Each word below uses all the letters of PROTEID and one more.