Unscramble PROTEINOUS to get 368 words. PROTEINOUS itself is a real word: 12 points on a Scrabble board, 15 in Words With Friends. ERUPTIONS, INOTROPES and PERTUSION are the best of the shorter words, at 11 points. It has 10 letters, 5 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from PROTEINOUS by length: 1 with 10 letters, 3 with 9, 30 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 34 with 2.
30 8-letter words made with PROTEINOUS letters; 25 of them share the top score of 10. PROTEINS, PORTIONS and ROUTINES are everyday picks.
All 60 of the 7-letter words from PROTEINOUS score 9 points. OPTIONS, PROTEIN and PORTION are the ones most people know.
Every one of the 60 6-letter words you get when you unscramble PROTEINOUS scores 8. PERSON, POINTS and OPTION are everyday picks.
The 5-letter words you get when you unscramble PROTEINOUS come to 60, each scoring 7 points. POINT, INPUT and PORTS are the familiar ones.
All 60 of the 4-letter words from PROTEINOUS score 6 points. POST, OPEN and PORT are the ones most people know.
Among 60 3-letter words in PROTEINOUS, the top score is 5, reached by 40. NOT, ITS and TOP are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of PROTEINOUS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with PR · ending in US · all 10-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with ERUPTIONS and INOTROPES (11 points each).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
PROTEINOUS is a Scrabble word (Scrabble UK), though the list Words With Friends is built on leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| PROTEINOUS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 368) | 277 | 368 | 247 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
91 of the 368 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: PROTEINOUS, PERTUSION, OUTROPES, PORTEOUS, PORTOISE, REPUNITS, ROOPIEST, SPOUTIER, UNPRIEST, NIPTERS, OUTROPE, PERIOST and 79 more. 30 of the 368 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: INOTROPES, INOTROPE, POUTINES, PRUNIEST, REPOINTS, PERITUS, POUTINE, PRONEST, REPOINT, SPOONER, TOUPIES, ESPOIR and 18 more.
With one more tile, the letters of PROTEINOUS spell the words below.