PROMINE is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. PROMINE 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 PROMINE?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 53 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PROMINE is to know. It scores 11 from 7 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PROMINE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
prominesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How PROMINE scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in PROMINE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 128,662.
What does PROMINE mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A substance found in animal cells in tiny amounts that encourages growth and cell division.
Biologists use the term for a chemical signal rather than a building material of the cell. A promine works in very small doses, so its effect is far larger than its quantity suggests.
How PROMINE is used
Appears in older biological writing about growth-promoting substances.
- The researchers extracted a promine from young tissue and tested it on cultures.
- A promine is present only in minute amounts in healthy cells.
- Early papers described the promine as a trigger for cell division.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PROMINE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with PROMINE
10 longer words begin with PROMINE.
Shorter words from the letters in PROMINE
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Common questions about PROMINE
- Is PROMINE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PROMINE, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PROMINE worth?
- PROMINE is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PROMINE mean?
- A substance found in animal cells in tiny amounts that encourages growth and cell division.
- What letters can be added to PROMINE?
- PROMINE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of PROMINE:
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