PRONES is valid in Collins, not in North America — 8 points
It depends on the list you play by. PRONES is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 8 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept PRONES?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Not listed |
Word power: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PRONES is to know. It scores 8 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PRONES
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
pronestChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How PRONES scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in PRONES, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 43,115.
What stands out about PRONES
- The same 6 tiles also spell 2 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does PRONES mean in Scrabble?
noun
historicalarchaic
The parts of an old church service where notices or a short sermon were given, in the plural of the obsolete term prone.
The prones were the moment in an old parish service when the priest paused the liturgy to make announcements, read marriage banns, or deliver a brief sermon in the local language. Historians use the term to study how ordinary news once reached whole villages.
How PRONES is used
A historical church term, obsolete in modern usage.
- The parish prones announced the coming feast days.
- Village news was often shared during the Sunday prones.
- The old register recorded marriage banns read at the prones.
- Historians studied the prones for clues about daily parish life.
- The priest used the prones to remind villagers of upcoming fasts.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PRONES and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of PRONES
The 6 tiles of PRONES in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with PRONES
1 longer words begin with PRONES.
Shorter words from the letters in PRONES
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Common questions about PRONES
- Is PRONES valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and PRONES is not in it.
- How many points is PRONES worth?
- PRONES is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PRONES mean?
- The parts of an old church service where notices or a short sermon were given, in the plural of the obsolete term prone.
- What letters can be added to PRONES?
- PRONES takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of PRONES:
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