PROTURAN is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. PROTURAN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PROTURAN?
| 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: 39 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PROTURAN is to know. It scores 10 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PROTURAN
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
proturansChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How PROTURAN scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in PROTURAN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| r | 2 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so PROTURAN has to be built on the board across turns.
What does PROTURAN mean in Scrabble?
noun
zoology
A tiny, white, wingless and eyeless insect-like animal of damp soil.
A proturan has no antennae and uses its front legs as sense organs. Proturans live in leaf litter and rotting wood and are seen only under a microscope.
How PROTURAN is used
Proturan is a zoological term.
- A proturan crawled across the slide.
- The soil sample held a single proturan.
- Biologists classify the proturan separately from insects.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PROTURAN and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with PROTURAN
1 longer words begin with PROTURAN.
Shorter words from the letters in PROTURAN
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Common questions about PROTURAN
- Is PROTURAN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PROTURAN, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PROTURAN worth?
- PROTURAN is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PROTURAN mean?
- A tiny, white, wingless and eyeless insect-like animal of damp soil.
- What letters can be added to PROTURAN?
- PROTURAN takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of PROTURAN:
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