PROTONOTARY is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points
Yes. PROTONOTARY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PROTONOTARY?
| 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 PROTONOTARY is to know. It scores 16 from 11 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PROTONOTARY
No single letter turns PROTONOTARY into another word.
How PROTONOTARY scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in PROTONOTARY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| r | 2 | 6 |
| o | 3 | 8 |
| t | 2 | 6 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so PROTONOTARY has to be built on the board across turns.
What does PROTONOTARY mean in Scrabble?
noun
historicallegal
A chief clerk of a law court, responsible for keeping its records.
The office goes back to Byzantine times and survived in English and American courts under various forms. In some places a protonotary is still a senior court official.
How PROTONOTARY is used
Mostly legal and historical; certain US states still use the title.
- The protonotary filed the judgement in the court record.
- A protonotary served at the court in the old city.
- She was appointed protonotary after years as a junior clerk.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PROTONOTARY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in PROTONOTARY
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Common questions about PROTONOTARY
- Is PROTONOTARY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PROTONOTARY, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PROTONOTARY worth?
- PROTONOTARY is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PROTONOTARY mean?
- A chief clerk of a law court, responsible for keeping its records.
- What letters can be added to PROTONOTARY?
- No single letter can be added to PROTONOTARY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of PROTONOTARY:
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