PROFESSORIAT is a valid Scrabble word — 17 points
Yes. PROFESSORIAT is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 17 points in Scrabble and 18 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PROFESSORIAT?
| 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: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PROFESSORIAT is to know. It scores 17 from 12 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PROFESSORIAT
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How PROFESSORIAT scores
Face value of the 12 tiles in PROFESSORIAT, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| r | 2 | 6 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| f | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| s | 2 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so PROFESSORIAT has to be built on the board across turns.
What does PROFESSORIAT mean in Scrabble?
noun
formal
The body of professors and university teachers as a group.
Professoriat names the academic staff of a university or of a whole country as a social class. Commentators use it when discussing the opinions, status or pay of academics collectively, and professoriate is the more usual spelling.
How PROFESSORIAT is used
Formal; a less common variant of professoriate.
- The professoriat resisted the reform of the curriculum.
- Members of the professoriat gathered for the annual conference.
- Opinion within the professoriat was sharply divided.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PROFESSORIAT and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with PROFESSORIAT
3 longer words begin with PROFESSORIAT.
Shorter words from the letters in PROFESSORIAT
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Common questions about PROFESSORIAT
- Is PROFESSORIAT valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PROFESSORIAT, where it scores 18 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PROFESSORIAT worth?
- PROFESSORIAT is worth 17 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PROFESSORIAT mean?
- The body of professors and university teachers as a group.
- What letters can be added to PROFESSORIAT?
- PROFESSORIAT takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 12 letters of PROFESSORIAT:
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