PROTECTORAL is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. PROTECTORAL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 18 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PROTECTORAL?
| 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: 28 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PROTECTORAL is to know. It scores 15 from 11 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PROTECTORAL
No single letter turns PROTECTORAL into another word.
How PROTECTORAL scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in PROTECTORAL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| r | 2 | 6 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| t | 2 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so PROTECTORAL has to be built on the board across turns.
What does PROTECTORAL mean in Scrabble?
adjective
historicalrare
Of or relating to a protector, especially a ruler governing a country for a young or absent monarch.
The adjective is tied to the idea of a protectorate or a regent, and in English history it recalls Cromwell's years of rule. Modern writers rarely use protectoral, preferring protective for everyday guarding.
How PROTECTORAL is used
Appears mainly in historical texts about regents and the English Protectorate.
- The council exercised protectoral power while the prince was a child.
- Historians describe the protectoral government of the 1650s.
- A protectoral decree settled the dispute.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PROTECTORAL and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in PROTECTORAL
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Common questions about PROTECTORAL
- Is PROTECTORAL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PROTECTORAL, where it scores 18 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PROTECTORAL worth?
- PROTECTORAL is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PROTECTORAL mean?
- Of or relating to a protector, especially a ruler governing a country for a young or absent monarch.
- What letters can be added to PROTECTORAL?
- No single letter can be added to PROTECTORAL to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of PROTECTORAL:
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