181 words come out when you unscramble PROTOCOLS, starting with PROTOCOLS itself: 13 in Scrabble, 16 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, PROTOCOL leads with 12 points. The 9 letters split into 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
P34R1O1T1O1C34O1L12S1
Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from PROTOCOLS by length: 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 8, 2 with 7, 12 with 6, 58 with 5, 60 with 4, 38 with 3 and 9 with 2.
PROTOCOL is the only one of the 8-letter words made with PROTOCOLS letters; it scores 12 points.
7 of 58 5-letter words from PROTOCOLS tie at 9 points; none scores more. TOOLS, COLOR and SPORT will look familiar.
60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble PROTOCOLS; 6 of them share the top score of 8. POST, COST and PORT are everyday picks.
COP scores highest among the 3-letter words from PROTOCOLS at 7 points, ahead of COL and COO on 5. TOP, TOO and LOT are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of PROTOCOLS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with PR · ending in LS · all 9-letter words
The meaning of PROTOCOLS, and of the 7 strongest answers in its letters.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
PROTOCOLS 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| PROTOCOLS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 181) | 146 | 181 | 130 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: CLOOPS, CLOOP, CROOLS, POORTS, POTOOS, COOST, CORSO, CROOL, CROST, POLTS, POORT, POOTS and 23 more, 35 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: TOCOS, CORS, LOCS, POOS, TOCO, TOPO, LOC, POO, POS, PST, SOC, LOTO and 4 more, 16 in all.