Proteus is valid Scrabble Word

Is proteus a scrabble word?
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7 letters word
9 points in Scrabble
11 points in WWF

Definitions for PROTEUS in dictionary:

NOUN:

any of the rodlike bacteria found in decaying matter
a minor sea god who had the power of prophecy but would assume different shapes to avoid answering questions.
a satellite of Neptune, the sixth closest to the planet, discovered by the Voyager 2 space probe in 1989 (diameter 400 km).
aerobic bacterium
A sea god in the service of Neptune who assumed different shapes at will. Hence, one who easily changes his appearance or principles.
A genus of aquatic eel-shaped amphibians found in caves in Austria. They have permanent external gills as well as lungs. The eyes are small and the legs are weak.
A changeable protozoan; an amoeba.
(Greek mythology) a prophetic god who served Poseidon; was capable of changing his shape at will
type genus of the Proteidae

OTHER DEFINITIONS:

one that readily changes his appearance or principles

any of a genus of aerobic bacteria

Words related to PROTEUS

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How to use PROTEUS in a sentence

There was one thing, however, against which all the miracles of Proteus were of no avail, and of this Aristaeus was aware.
In our descent, the men caught, and killed with their poles, a proteus.
Indeed he was such a perfect Proteus that no vigilance of the Executive was ever a match for his versatility of appearance, swiftness of foot, and caution.
However, be that as it may, I have been a perfect Proteus.
Hence bards, like Proteus long in vain tied down, Escape in monsters, and amaze the town.
There was a certain cave near the seaside, to which the Old Man of the Sea, as Proteus was sometimes called, came every day at noon to sleep.
They found Proteus, and rushing upon him, they seized and held him firmly in their grip, though he tried hard to escape.
The Greek chief did as Proteus directed, and the prophecy was fulfilled.
Saint Saens is the Proteus of modern music, and his scores generally reveal the traces of many opposing influences.
He is neither the Proteus nor the Pan of the material world.

Who can grasp such a Proteus? She is all woman, less than woman, more than woman.
It is the old story of the Greek Proteus translated into universal speech.
Proteus is the son of Neptune, but some say he is the offspring of Oceanus and Tethys.
Proteus represented the everlasting changes united with ever-recurrent sameness, of the Sea.
Proteus of Egypt, whom Menelaus was supposed to have consulted about his passage homeward, was a tower of this sort with a purait.
In other words, it was a temple of Proteus upon the Canobic branch of the Nile, to which the Poet makes Menelaus have recourse.
In a state of uncertainty he applied to a temple near Canobus, which was sacred to Proteus.
Rather is he, such is the diversity of tone and color which vary according to the quality of his subjects he assumes, a very Proteus.
Yet, by the style of it, it cannot though thou art a perfect Proteus too.
That which Proteus did to sight Ursus did to hearing.
However, I am a mere Proteus, and can assume any shape that will best answer my purpose.
The two Sophists are like Proteus in the variety of their transformations, and he, like Menelaus in the Odyssey, hopes to restore them to their natural form.
PROTEUS, a sea-god who was endowed with the power of prophecy.
FAIRE STHENOBOEA, the wife of Proteus, who on account of her unrequited love for Bellerophon, died by hemlock.
If Proteus, with the best intention in the world, but with an unlimited variety of self-manifestations, were to call every day, we should greet him always as a stranger.

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