PROSINESS is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. PROSINESS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PROSINESS?
| 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: 26 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PROSINESS is to know. It scores 11 from 9 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PROSINESS
No single letter turns PROSINESS into another word.
How PROSINESS scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in PROSINESS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| s | 3 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so PROSINESS has to be built on the board across turns.
What does PROSINESS mean in Scrabble?
noun
The dull, ordinary and long-winded quality of speech or writing that fails to hold attention.
Prosiness is what readers complain of when a passage plods along with no spark. It can ruin a story that has a good plot but flat telling.
How PROSINESS is used
Used in criticism of style, rarely of people directly.
- The prosiness of the report put us to sleep.
- Editors cut the prosiness from his memoir.
- No prosiness marred her lively letters.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PROSINESS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of PROSINESS
The 9 tiles of PROSINESS in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with PROSINESS
1 longer words begin with PROSINESS.
Shorter words from the letters in PROSINESS
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Common questions about PROSINESS
- Is PROSINESS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PROSINESS, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PROSINESS worth?
- PROSINESS is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PROSINESS mean?
- The dull, ordinary and long-winded quality of speech or writing that fails to hold attention.
- What letters can be added to PROSINESS?
- No single letter can be added to PROSINESS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of PROSINESS:
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