Unscramble PROTEUS to get 228 words. PROTEUS itself is a real word: 9 points on a Scrabble board, 11 in Words With Friends. It has 6 anagrams, each with the same 9 points: PETROUS, POSTURE, POUTERS, SEPTUOR, SPOUTER and TROUPES. 22 shorter words score 8, among them POSTER, PRESTO and TROUPE. 7 letters: 3 vowels and 4 consonants. All 7 tiles of PROTEUS in one turn: 59 in Scrabble (9 + 50), 46 in Words With Friends (11 + 35).
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from PROTEUS split into 7 with 7 letters, 29 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 53 with 3 and 19 with 2.
22 of 29 6-letter words made with PROTEUS letters tie at 8 points; none scores more. POSTER, ROUTES and PRESTO will look familiar.
Of the 60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble PROTEUS, 43 score 7 points, the group's best. STORE, SUPER and SPORT are the ones most people know.
60 4-letter words from PROTEUS; 41 of them share the top score of 6. POST, STEP and PORT are everyday picks.
Among 53 3-letter words you get when you unscramble PROTEUS, the top score is 5, reached by 23. OUT, USE and TOP are the familiar ones.
These 6 words have the length of PROTEUS, with one letter different:
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What PROTEUS means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
PROTEUS 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| PROTEUS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 228) | 193 | 228 | 183 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
35 of the 228 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: SEPTUOR, OPTERS, SOUPER, STROUP, UPREST, OPTER, PERST, PERTS, POTES, PUERS, PURES, SPUER and 23 more. 10 of the 228 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: REPOST, URPS, POS, PST, URP, PO, EST, TES, UTE and TE.
These 12 words take every letter of PROTEUS plus a single extra one.