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Is prolong a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word prolong is a Scrabble US word. The word prolong is worth 10 points in Scrabble:

P3R1O1L1O1N1G2

Is prolong a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word prolong is a Scrabble UK word and has 10 points:

P3R1O1L1O1N1G2

Is prolong a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word prolong is a Words With Friends word. The word prolong is worth 14 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

P4R1O1L2O1N2G3

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7-letter words (1 found)

PROLONG,

6-letter words (1 found)

PROLOG,

5-letter words (8 found)

GLOOP,LOGON,ORLON,ORLOP,PLONG,PONGO,PORNO,PRONG,

4-letter words (27 found)

GLOP,GOLP,GOOL,GOON,GOOP,GOOR,GORP,LOGO,LONG,LOON,LOOP,LOOR,LORN,NOLO,NOOP,POGO,POLO,PONG,POOL,POON,POOR,PORN,PROG,PROO,RONG,ROON,ROOP,

3-letter words (19 found)

GON,GOO,GOR,LOG,LOO,LOP,LOR,NOG,NOO,NOR,ONO,OON,OOP,OOR,ORG,POL,POO,PRO,ROO,

2-letter words (8 found)

GO,LO,NO,ON,OO,OP,OR,PO,

You can make 64 words from prolong according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of prolong

prolong

Etymology

Either a back-formation from prolongation, or from Old French prolonguer or porloignier, from Latin prōlongō, from prō + longō. Doublet of purloin.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /pɹəʊˈlɒŋ/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /pɹoʊˈlɔŋ/
  • (cot–caught merger, Canada) IPA(key): /pɹoʊˈlɑŋ/
  • Rhymes: -ɒŋ
  • Hyphenation: pro‧long

Verb

prolong (third-person singular simple present prolongs, present participle prolonging, simple past and past participle prolonged)

  1. (transitive) To extend in space or length.
  2. (transitive) To lengthen in time; to extend the duration of
    Synonym: draw out
  3. (transitive) To put off to a distant time; to postpone.
  4. (intransitive) To become longer; lengthen.

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References

  • “prolong”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
  • “prolong”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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