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Prolates

p 3r 1o 1l 1a 1t 1e 1s 1

About 2 syllables

adjective · 8 letters · Rare · form of prolate

  • Scrabble US & Canada : not valid
  • Scrabble UK & worldwide : valid
  • Words With Friends : not valid
  • Wordle : not valid

What does prolates mean?

adjective

  1. having the polar diameter greater than the equatorial diameter

    “a prolate spheroid is generated by revolving an ellipse about its major axis”

  2. rounded like an egg

    Synonymsellipticellipticalovalovateoviform

Definitions shown for prolate, the base form of prolates.

Is PROLATES a valid word?

Game / word listValid?
Scrabble US & Canada (NWL / TWL) No
Scrabble UK & worldwide (Collins / SOWPODS) Yes
Words With Friends (ENABLE) No
Wordle (guess list) No

How many points is PROLATES worth?

Scrabble

10 pts
p 3r 1o 1l 1a 1t 1e 1s 1

Words With Friends

12 pts
p 4r 1o 1l 2a 1t 1e 1s 1

Wordfeud

11 pts
p 4r 1o 1l 1a 1t 1e 1s 1

NYT Crossplay

11 pts
p 3r 1o 1l 2a 1t 1e 1s 1

Scores are the sum of the tile values, before premium squares or bingo bonuses.

Words from the letters in PROLATES

Anagrams 2

petrosalpolestar

Words that end like PROLATES

Common words that share the ending -ATES, handy for rhymes, poems and wordplay. Matches are based on spelling, so a few may not rhyme exactly.

relatesupdatestranslatescollatesmigratesdebatesdonateslocatesrotatestruncatesfrustratesreinstatesclimatescrematesdeflatesdictatesfrigatesinflatesmagnatesmandatesnarratesnitratesplacatesprimates
All words ending in -ATES

Prolates: quick answers

Is PROLATES a valid Scrabble word?
Only in Collins. PROLATES is valid in Scrabble outside North America (Collins/SOWPODS) but not in the North American NWL list.
How many points is PROLATES worth?
PROLATES scores 10 points in Scrabble, 12 in Words With Friends, 11 in Wordfeud and 11 in NYT Crossplay. These are plain tile totals, before any double- or triple-letter and word squares.
What does prolates mean?
prolates is related to prolate, which means “having the polar diameter greater than the equatorial diameter”. It has 2 meanings in total, listed above.
What words can you make with the letters in PROLATES?
You can make 631 shorter words from PROLATES, such as APOSTLE, ESPARTO, PALTERS, PAROLES. See the full list.
What are the anagrams of PROLATES?
PROLATES rearranges into PETROSAL, POLESTAR.