PRO is a valid Scrabble word — 5 points
Yes. PRO is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 5 points in Scrabble and 6 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PRO?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 53 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PRO is to know. It scores 5 from 3 tiles, takes 10 hooks, and its letters make up 5.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PRO
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How PRO scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in PRO, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,684.
What does PRO mean in Scrabble?
noun
informal
A person who does something for a living rather than as a hobby.
Pro does two jobs from two separate roots: clipped from professional, and Latin for in favour of, as in the pros and cons. Only the second is ancient, and the two now sit side by side without anybody being confused.
How PRO is used
Countable. Also a preposition in pro and con.
- A pro would have finished it in half the time.
- The pros and cons filled two columns and settled nothing.
- She turned pro at nineteen and retired at twenty-six.
- The word pro comes from two unrelated roots.
- Two pros in a field of amateurs is not a contest.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PRO and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with PRO
Showing 24 of more than 2000 words that begin with PRO.
Words ending in PRO
7 words end in PRO. Useful as a back hook: play PRO onto a word already on the board.
Words with PRO inside
Showing 24 of 1191 words that contain PRO somewhere in the middle. Words that start with PRO are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in PRO
Common questions about PRO
- Is PRO valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PRO, where it scores 6 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PRO worth?
- PRO is worth 5 points in Scrabble and 6 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PRO mean?
- A person who does something for a living rather than as a hobby.
- What letters can be added to PRO?
- PRO takes 10 hooks: 0 in front and 10 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of PRO:
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