What PROLATE Means
- adjective: having the polar diameter greater than the equatorial diameter“a prolate spheroid is generated by revolving an ellipse about its major axis”
- adjective: rounded like an egg
Similar words
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
PROLATE is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 9 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as P3 R1 O1 L1 A1 T1 E1.
At seven letters this plays a whole rack, which is a bingo and worth 59 in Scrabble once the 50 point bonus lands.
Words Made From The Letters In PROLATE
219 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 (11)
5 letter words (51)
ALERTALTERAPERTAPORTAPTERARTELLATERLEAPTLEPRALEPTALOPEROATEROLPAEOPERAOPTERORATEPALERPALETPAREOPARLEPAROLPATERPEARLPEARTPELTAPETALPETARPLATEPLEATPLOATPOLARPOLERPORAEPORALPORTAPOTAEPRATEPROLERATELREALOREPLAREPOTROATEROTALTALERTAPERTEPALTOLARTOPERTRAPETROPE
4 letter words (78)
AEROALOEALTOAPERARETARLEATOPEARLEORLLAERLARELATELEAPLEARLEATLEPTLERPLOPELORELOTALOTEOLEAOLPEOPALORALORLEPALEPAREPARTPATEPEALPEARPEATPELAPELTPERTPLATPLEAPLOTPOETPOLEPOLTPOREPORTPOTEPRAOPRATPROARALERAPTRATERATOREALREAPREPOROLEROPEROTAROTEROTLTAELTALETAPETARETAROTARPTEALTEARTELATEPATOEATOLATOLETOPETORATORETRAPTROP
3 letter words (59)
ALEALPALTAPEAPOAPTAREARTATEEAREATELTERAETALAPLARLATLEALEPLETLOPLORLOTOAROATOLEOPEOPTORAOREORTPALPARPATPEAPELPERPETPOAPOLPOTPREPRORAPRATREOREPRETROEROTTAETAOTAPTARTEATELTOETOPTOR
2 letter words (20)
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