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Is proportion a Scrabble word?

Yes, proportion is a valid Scrabble word! Worth 14 points in Scrabble.

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  • Scrabble US/Canada (OTCWL) Yes
  • Scrabble UK (SOWPODS) Yes
  • Wordle No
  • Words With Friends Yes

What is the meaning of proportion?

Definition

noun (English)

1. (countable) A quantity of something that is part of the whole amount or number.Examples: "“I don't mean all of your friends—only a small proportion—which, however, connects your circle with that deadly, idle, brainless bunch—the insolent chatterers at the opera, the gorged dowagers, the worn-out, passionless men, the enervated matrons of the summer capital,[…]!”"countable

2. (uncountable) Harmonious relation of parts to each other or to the whole.uncountable

3. (countable) Proper or equal share.Examples: "Let the women[…]do the same things in their proportions and capacities."countable

4. (mathematics, countable) A statement of equality between two ratios.countable

5. (mathematics, archaic) The "rule of three", in which three terms are given to find a fourth.archaiccountableuncountable

6. (countable, chiefly in the plural) Size.Examples: "The humor of my proposition appealed more strongly to Miss Trevor than I had looked for, and from that time forward she became her old self again;[…]. Now she had come to look upon the matter in its true proportions, and her anticipation of a possible chance of teaching him a lesson was a pleasure to behold."; "What other television show would feature a gorgeously designed sequence where a horrifically mutated Pierre and Marie Curie, their bodies swollen to Godzilla-like proportions from prolonged exposure to the radiation that would eventually kill them, destroy an Asian city with their bare hands like vengeance-crazed monster-Gods?"countablein-plural

verb (English)

1. (transitive) To divide into proper shares; to apportion.Examples: "In order to proportion the braking force to the weight carried by a wheel - a matter of special importance in the braking of wagons - variable leverage systems are now being introduced in which the end of one axle spring is linked to a control spring in the change-over valve, so automatically varying the leverage exerted by the brake-rod according to whether the wagon is full or empty."transitive

2. (transitive) To form symmetrically.transitive

3. (transitive, art) To set or render in proportion.transitive

4. (transitive, archaic) To correspond to.archaictransitive

Definition source: Wiktionary

What Scrabble words can I make with the letters in "proportion"?

How many Scrabble points is the word "proportion"?

Scrabble
14 points
P3
R1
O1
P3
O1
R1
T1
I1
O1
N1
Words With Friends
17 points
P4
R1
O1
P4
O1
R1
T1
I1
O1
N2

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