Unscramble PROTOGINE and you have 280 words, PROTOGINE itself among them: it scores 12 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. It has 1 anagram, each with the same 12 points: POOTERING. TROOPING is the best of the shorter words, at 11 points. The 9 letters split into 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from PROTOGINE by length: 2 with 9 letters, 2 with 8, 17 with 7, 56 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 23 with 2.
15 of 56 6-letter words you get when you unscramble PROTOGINE tie at 9 points; none scores more. REGION, OPTION and IGNORE will look familiar.
Of the 60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble PROTOGINE, 13 score 8 points, the group's best. PRINT, POINT and TIGER are the ones most people know.
60 4-letter words from PROTOGINE; 8 of them share the top score of 7. OPEN, PORT and TRIP are everyday picks.
GIP, PEG and PIG share the top score of 6 among the 3-letter words in PROTOGINE. NOT, ONE and GET are the ones most people know.
Trade one tile of PROTOGINE for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 9-letter words: starting with PR · ending in NE · all 9-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by TROOPING (11 points).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
PROTOGINE 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| PROTOGINE itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 280) | 214 | 280 | 192 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 66 of them: POOTERING, PROTOGINE, POOTING, ROOPING, TROPING, OOPING, PIEROG, POGOER, PORGIE, POTING, PROIGN, PTERION and 54 more. Words With Friends* skips 22 of them: INOTROPE, PONGIER, PEROGI, POOING, REPOINT, GOONIER, PERNIO, PONGO, NOOGIE, OROGEN, POGO, PORIN and 10 more.
Each word below uses all the letters of PROTOGINE and one more.