Proof in Scrabble and Meaning

• Finder
• Unscrambler
• Dictionary

Valid words made from Proof

Jump to...

• 5 letter words
• 4 letter words
• 3 letter words
• 2 letter words

Results

5-letter words (1 found)

4-letter words (6 found)

3-letter words (11 found)

2-letter words (5 found)

You can make 23 words from proof according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of proof

proof rpoof porof oprof ropof orpof proof rpoof porof oprof ropof orpof poorf oporf poorf oporf ooprf ooprf roopf oropf roopf oropf oorpf oorpf profo rpofo porfo oprfo ropfo orpfo prfoo rpfoo pfroo fproo rfpoo frpoo pofro opfro pforo fporo ofpro fopro rofpo orfpo rfopo fropo ofrpo forpo profo rpofo porfo oprfo ropfo orpfo prfoo rpfoo pfroo fproo rfpoo frpoo pofro opfro pforo fporo ofpro fopro rofpo orfpo rfopo fropo ofrpo forpo poofr opofr poofr opofr oopfr oopfr pofor opfor pfoor fpoor ofpor fopor pofor opfor pfoor fpoor ofpor fopor oofpr oofpr ofopr foopr ofopr foopr roofp orofp roofp orofp oorfp oorfp rofop orfop rfoop froop ofrop forop rofop orfop rfoop froop ofrop forop oofrp oofrp oforp foorp oforp foorp

Note: these 'words' (valid or invalid) are all the permutations of the word proof. These words are obtained by scrambling the letters in proof.

Definitions and meaning of proof

proof

Etymology

From Middle English proof, from Old French prove, from Late Latin proba (“a proof”), from Latin probare (“to prove”); see prove; compare also the doublet probe.

Pronunciation

• (UK, Canada) enPR: pro͞of, IPA^(key): /pɹuːf/
• (US) enPR: pro͞of, IPA^(key): /pɹuf/
• (General Australian, New Zealand) enPR: pro͞of, IPA^(key): /pɹʉːf/
• Rhymes: -uːf

Noun

proof (countable and uncountable, plural proofs)

1. (countable) An effort, process, or operation designed to establish or discover a fact or truth; an act of testing; a test; a trial.
   • 1591, Edmund Spenser, Prosopopoia: or, Mother Hubbard's Tale, later also published in William Michael Rossetti, Humorous Poems,

     But the false Fox most kindly played his part,

     For whatsoever mother-wit or art

     Could work he put in proof. No practice sly,

     No counterpoint of cunning policy,

     No reach, no breach, that might him profit bring.

     But he the same did to his purpose wring.
2. (uncountable) The degree of evidence which convinces the mind of any truth or fact, and produces belief; a test by facts or arguments which induce, or tend to induce, certainty of the judgment; conclusive evidence; demonstration.
3. The quality or state of having been proved or tried; firmness or hardness which resists impression, or does not yield to force; impenetrability of physical bodies.
4. (obsolete) Experience of something.
5. (uncountable, obsolete) Firmness of mind; stability not to be shaken.
6. (countable, printing) A proof sheet; a trial impression, as from type, taken for correction or examination.
7. (numismatics) A limited-run high-quality strike of a particular coin, originally as a test run, although nowadays mostly for collectors' sets.
8. (countable, logic, mathematics) A sequence of statements consisting of axioms, assumptions, statements already demonstrated in another proof, and statements that logically follow from previous statements in the sequence, and which concludes with a statement that is the object of the proof.
9. (countable, mathematics) A process for testing the accuracy of an operation performed. Compare prove, transitive verb, 5.
10. (obsolete) Armour of excellent or tried quality, and deemed impenetrable; properly, armour of proof.
11. (US) A measure of the alcohol content of liquor. Originally, in Britain, 100 proof was defined as 57.1% by volume (no longer used). In the US, 100 proof means that the alcohol content is 50% of the total volume of the liquid; thus, absolute alcohol would be 200 proof.

Hyponyms

Derived terms

Related terms

• probe
• prove

Descendants

• → Russian: пруф (pruf), пру́фы (prúfy)
  • ⇒ Russian: пруфли́нк (pruflínk, literally “proof + link”)

Translations

Adjective

proof (comparative more proof, superlative most proof)

1. Used in proving or testing.

2. Firm or successful in resisting.
   • quoted in 1818, Christopher Kelly, History of the French Revolution and of the Wars produced by that Memorable Event

     The French cavalry, in proof armour, repeatedly charged our squares, their cannon opening chasms; but the British infantry, though greatly diminished, were inflexible and impenetrable to the last.

3. (of alcoholic liquors) Being of a certain standard as to alcohol content.

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

proof (third-person singular simple present proofs, present participle proofing, simple past and past participle proofed)

1. (transitive, intransitive, colloquial) To proofread.
2. (transitive) To make resistant, especially to water.
3. (transitive, firearms) To test-fire with a load considerably more powerful than the firearm in question's rated maximum chamber pressure, in order to establish the firearm's ability to withstand pressures well in excess of those expected in service without bursting.
4. (transitive, cooking) To allow (yeast-containing dough) to rise.
5. (transitive, cooking) To test the activeness of (yeast).

Derived terms

Translations

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• OPFOR