protean

protean is a 7-letter English word with 3 senses as adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Of or pertaining to Proteus; characteristic of Proteus. Face value is 9 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

7 letters · Scrabble 9 · Words With Friends 11 · 3 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. Of or pertaining to Proteus; characteristic of Proteus.
2. adjective. Exceedingly variable; readily assuming different shapes or forms; as, an amoeba is a protean animalcule.
3. adjective. taking on different forms

   "eyes...of that baffling protean grey which is never twice the same"

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in protean:

operant, pronate

Common word forms

proteans, proteanly

Words from these letters

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