Unscramble PROTEINASE and you have 402 words, PROTEINASE itself among them: it scores 12 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. The best shorter words score 11: 13 of them, INTERPOSE, APERIENTS and ATROPINES included. The 10 letters split into 5 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from PROTEINASE by length: 1 with 10 letters, 13 with 9, 51 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 37 with 2.
34 of 51 8-letter words in PROTEINASE tie at 10 points; none scores more. PROTEINS, OPERATES and POINTERS will look familiar.
All 60 of the 7-letter words from PROTEINASE score 9 points. PARENTS, PARTIES and OPERATE are the ones most people know.
Every one of the 60 6-letter words you get when you unscramble PROTEINASE scores 8. PARENT, PASTOR and PAINTS are everyday picks.
The 5-letter words you get when you unscramble PROTEINASE come to 60, each scoring 7 points. PARTS, PAINT and OPERA are the familiar ones.
All 60 of the 4-letter words from PROTEINASE score 6 points. PART, OPEN and PAST are the ones most people know.
Among 60 3-letter words in PROTEINASE, the top score is 5, reached by 45. ARE, TOP and ART are the familiar ones.
Trade one tile of PROTEINASE for another and you can spell these 6 words:
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Here is what the 6 strongest answers mean; APERIENTS, ATROPINES, ENTROPIES and PATRONISE (11 points each) share the top spot.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
PROTEINASE 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| PROTEINASE itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 402) | 330 | 402 | 301 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 72 of them: ISOPTERAN, OPERATISE, PAEONIES, PERAEONS, PETARIES, PROTENSE, TERPINES, AIRSTOP, EPEIRAS, INAPTER, NIPTERS, PAIREST and 60 more. Words With Friends* skips 29 of them: EPISTERNA, PEREIONS, REPOINTS, SEPTORIA, EPATERS, INEPTER, NEPETAS, PANEERS, PEREONS, EPATER, ESPOIR, NEPETA and 17 more.
These 6 words take every letter of PROTEINASE plus a single extra one.