PROSY is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. PROSY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PROSY?
| 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: 28 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PROSY is to know. It scores 10 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PROSY
No single letter turns PROSY into another word.
How PROSY scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in PROSY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 98,031.
What stands out about PROSY
- The same 5 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 PROSY mean in Scrabble?
adjective
literary
Dull, long-winded, and lacking imagination, especially in speech or writing; prosaic.
A prosy speaker or writer drones on in flat, unremarkable language, the opposite of vivid or poetic expression. The word plays directly on prose, the ordinary, unversified form of writing, extended with the adjective ending -y to suggest an excess of plainness rather than simple description. Critics reach for prosy when a passage of otherwise serious writing turns tedious, padded with detail that adds length without interest. The word carries a mild sting, closer to boring than to merely factual.
How PROSY is used
Chiefly literary and critical usage; applied to writing, speeches, or people whose talk is judged dull and over-long.
- The reviewer called the novel's middle chapters prosy and slow.
- His prosy sermons emptied the pews by midsummer.
- She skipped the prosy footnotes and read only the main text.
- The professor's prosy lectures rarely held the whole room's attention.
- Editors trimmed the prosy passages before the book went to print.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PROSY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of PROSY
The 5 tiles of PROSY in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with PROSY
2 longer words begin with PROSY.
Words ending in PROSY
2 words end in PROSY. Useful as a back hook: play PROSY onto a word already on the board.
Shorter words from the letters in PROSY
Common questions about PROSY
- Is PROSY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PROSY, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PROSY worth?
- PROSY is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PROSY mean?
- Dull, long-winded, and lacking imagination, especially in speech or writing; prosaic.
- What letters can be added to PROSY?
- No single letter can be added to PROSY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of PROSY:
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