Unscramble PROTOZOON and you have 65 words, PROTOZOON itself among them: it scores 20 in Scrabble and 22 in Words With Friends. The 9 letters split into 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
P34R1O1T1O1Z10O1O1N12
Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from PROTOZOON by length: 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 7, 2 with 6, 7 with 5, 25 with 4, 21 with 3 and 8 with 2. None has 8 letters.
Combined: NWL2023, Collins Scrabble Words 2024, WOW24 and Words With Friends together. Rude words are left out.
POTOROO is the only one of the 7-letter words in PROTOZOON; it scores 9 points.
Keep every letter of PROTOZOON but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with PR · ending in ON · all 9-letter words
PROTOZOON first, then short meanings for the 6 best-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept PROTOZOON, and the Words With Friends list has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| PROTOZOON itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 65) | 43 | 65 | 42 |
* US: NWL2023. UK: Collins CSW24. *Words With Friends' list can change.
21 of the 65 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: POZ, RONZ, ZOOT, ZO, POTOROO, POORT, POTOO, PROTO, NOOP, PONT, PROO, ROOP and 9 more. 2 of the 65 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: PO and ROO. 1 of the 65 answers is missing from Scrabble US: POOT.
This word takes every letter of PROTOZOON plus a single extra one.