PROGNOSE is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. PROGNOSE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PROGNOSE?
| 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: 44 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PROGNOSE is to know. It scores 11 from 8 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PROGNOSE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How PROGNOSE scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in PROGNOSE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so PROGNOSE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does PROGNOSE mean in Scrabble?
verb
medical
To predict the likely course or outcome of an illness.
Prognose is much rarer than the noun prognosis, and most writers avoid it. When it does appear it is in clinical or technical prose, where a doctor states what is expected to happen to a patient.
How PROGNOSE is used
Found in formal medical writing; most speakers use the noun prognosis instead.
- It is hard to prognose how the disease will develop in older patients.
- The specialist was asked to prognose the patient before surgery.
- Few clinicians would prognose recovery from such a scan alone.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PROGNOSE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with PROGNOSE
2 longer words begin with PROGNOSE.
Shorter words from the letters in PROGNOSE
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Common questions about PROGNOSE
- Is PROGNOSE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PROGNOSE, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PROGNOSE worth?
- PROGNOSE is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PROGNOSE mean?
- To predict the likely course or outcome of an illness.
- What letters can be added to PROGNOSE?
- PROGNOSE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of PROGNOSE:
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