PROTOAVIS

9 letters, 14 points in Scrabble, 4 vowels

What PROTOAVIS Means

noun: most primitive avian type known; extinct bird of the Triassic having bird-like jaw and hollow limbs and breastbone with dinosaur-like tail and hind limbs

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

PROTOAVIS is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 14 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as P3 R1 O1 T1 O1 A1 V4 I1 S1.

Words Made From The Letters In PROTOAVIS

372 shorter words come out of these tiles. On a board that matters more than the long play, because a short word on a premium square often beats a long one on plain squares.

7 letter words (9)

AIRPOST AIRSTOP OVATORS PAROTIS PAVIORS PROVISO PROVOST TRAVOIS VIATORS

6 letter words (31)

AORIST ARIOSO ARISTO ASPORT ASTOOP OVATOR PARTIS PARVIS PARVOS PASTOR PATIOS PATOIS PAVIOR PIVOTS POORIS POORTS PORTAS PROSIT RATIOS RATOOS RIPOST ROOPIT SATORI SAVIOR TAPIRS TRAVIS TRIPOS TROOPS VAPORS VIATOR VOSTRO

5 letter words (103)

4 letter words (126)

3 letter words (82)

AIR AIS AIT APO APT ARS ART ASP ATS AVO IOS ISO ITA ITS OAR OAT OIS OOP OOR OOS OOT OPS OPT ORA ORS ORT OVA PAR PAS PAT PAV PIA PIR PIS PIT POA POI POS POT PRO PSI PST RAI RAP RAS RAT RAV RIA RIP RIT ROO ROT SAI SAP SAR SAT SAV SIP SIR SIT SOP SOT SOV SPA SRI TAI TAO TAP TAR TAS TAV TIP TIS TOO TOP TOR VAR VAS VAT VIA VIS VOR

2 letter words (21)

AI AR AS AT IO IS IT OI OO OP OR OS PA PI PO SI SO ST TA TI TO

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