What PROTECT Means
- verb: shield from danger, injury, destruction, or damage“Weatherbeater protects your roof from the rain”
- verb: use tariffs to favor domestic industry
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
PROTECT 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 T1 E1 C3 T1.
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 PROTECT
80 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 (3)
5 letter words (13)
4 letter words (24)
3 letter words (30)
2 letter words (10)
Next: the Word Unscrambler for any letters at all. Full entry and definition at Merriam-Webster.