What PROBATE Means
- noun: a judicial certificate saying that a will is genuine and conferring on the executors the power to administer the estate
- noun: the act of proving that an instrument purporting to be a will was signed and executed in accord with legal requirements
- verb: put a convicted person on probation by suspending their sentence
- verb: establish the legal validity of (wills and other documents)
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
PROBATE is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 11 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as P3 R1 O1 B3 A1 T1 E1.
At seven letters this plays a whole rack, which is a bingo and worth 61 in Scrabble once the 50 point bonus lands.
Words Made From The Letters In PROBATE
171 shorter words come out of these tiles. On a board that matters more than the long play, because a short word on a premium square often beats a long one on plain squares.
6 letter words (4)
5 letter words (29)
ABOREABORTAPERTAPORTAPTERBEPATBOARTOATEROPERAOPTERORATEPAREOPATERPEARTPETARPORAEPORTAPOTAEPRATEPROBEREBOPREPOTROATETABERTABORTAPERTOPERTRAPETROPE
4 letter words (58)
ABETAEROAPERARETATOPBAREBARPBATEBEARBEATBETABOARBOATBOEPBOETBORABOREBORTBOTABOTEBRAEBRATPAREPARTPATEPEARPEATPEBAPERTPOETPOREPORTPOTEPRAOPRATPROAPROBRAPTRATERATOREAPREPOROBEROPEROTAROTETAPETARETAROTARPTEARTEPATOEATOPETORATORETRAPTROP
3 letter words (59)
ABOAPEAPOAPTARBAREARTATEBAPBARBATBETBOABOPBORBOTBRABROEAREATERAETAOAROATOBAOBEOPEOPTORAORBOREORTPARPATPEAPERPETPOAPOTPREPRORAPRATREBREOREPRETROBROEROTTABTAETAOTAPTARTEATOETOPTOR
2 letter words (21)
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