Unscramble PROVOSTRY and you have 146 words, PROVOSTRY itself among them: it scores 17 in Scrabble and 18 in Words With Friends. It has 9 letters, 2 vowels and 7 consonants.
P34R1O1V45O1S1T1R1Y43
Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Words from PROVOSTRY by length: 1 with 9 letters, 2 with 7, 7 with 6, 45 with 5, 52 with 4, 29 with 3 and 10 with 2. None has 8 letters.
10 of 45 5-letter words from PROVOSTRY tie at 10 points; none scores more. STORY, SPORT and SORRY will look familiar.
Of the 52 4-letter words you get when you unscramble PROVOSTRY, 11 score 9 points, the group's best. POST, TOYS and SORT are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of PROVOSTRY but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with PR · ending in RY · all 9-letter words
Short meanings for the 7 highest-scoring answers, starting with PROVOST (12 points).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Scrabble UK accepts PROVOSTRY, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| PROVOSTRY itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 146) | 104 | 146 | 92 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 42 of them: PROVOSTRY, PORTY, PYOTS, ROOPY, TRYPS, YOOPS, YORPS, PORY, PRYS, PYOT, TRYP, VOSTRO and 30 more. Words With Friends* skips 12 of them: PYROS, PYRO, ROOTSY, POOS, TOPO, POO, POS, PST, TORRS, PO, ROOS and ROO.