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PROBATES

8 letters, 12 points in Scrabble, 3 vowels

What PROBATES Means

PROBATES is a form of PROBATE, which means:

  1. noun: a judicial certificate saying that a will is genuine and conferring on the executors the power to administer the estate
  2. noun: the act of proving that an instrument purporting to be a will was signed and executed in accord with legal requirements
  3. verb: put a convicted person on probation by suspending their sentence
  4. verb: establish the legal validity of (wills and other documents)

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

PROBATES is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 12 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as P3 R1 O1 B3 A1 T1 E1 S1.

Words Made From The Letters In PROBATES

501 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.

7 letter words (11)

6 letter words (51)

5 letter words (152)

4 letter words (167)

3 letter words (94)

2 letter words (26)

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