Words Containing PTEROU

Q: What is the highest-scoring word containing PTEROU?

MICROLEPIDOPTEROUS is worth 27 points in Scrabble before any bonus squares. Other strong options are BRACHYPTEROUS (25), HYMENOPTEROUS (23), THYSANOPTEROUS (22).

Q: What is the longest word containing PTEROU?

MICROLEPIDOPTEROUS has 18 letters.

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All Words Containing PTEROU 24 words

18-Letter Words With PTEROU 1

How often does PTEROU appear in words?

Our combined English word list has 24 words containing PTEROU. Most are 12 letters long, they average 17.8 points, the best is MICROLEPIDOPTEROUS (27 points) and 100% end in S.

Total words: 24
Most common length: 12 letters; 8 words
Average Scrabble score: 17.8; out of 27 max
Longest word: MICROLEPIDOPTEROUS; 18 letters
Most common ending: S; 100% of words

Most common last letters

s 100%

Top vowel pairs

ou100%
eo4.2%
eu4.2%

Share of words where these two vowels sit side by side.

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Valid in this dictionary but rarely seen in everyday English.

Highest-scoring word containing PTEROU

m ₃i ₁c ₃r ₁o ₁l ₁e ₁p ₃i ₁d ₂o ₁p ₃t ₁e ₁r ₁o ₁u ₁s ₁

M 3 + I 1 + C 3 + R 1 + O 1 + L 1 + E 1 + P 3 + I 1 + D 2 + O 1 + P 3 + T 1 + E 1 + R 1 + O 1 + U 1 + S 1 = 27 points

Double word: 54 pts
Triple word: 81 pts

Face value of the tiles, then the whole word on a double- or triple-word square (letter bonuses and bingos not included).

microlepidopterous

No dictionary definition on file. This is a valid game word that standard dictionaries rarely cover.

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