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Is protest a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word protest is a Scrabble US word. The word protest is worth 9 points in Scrabble:

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Is protest a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word protest is a Scrabble UK word and has 9 points:

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7-letter words (3 found)

POTTERS,PROTEST,SPOTTER,

6-letter words (14 found)

OPTERS,OTTERS,POSTER,POTTER,PRESTO,REPOST,REPOTS,RESPOT,ROTTES,STOPER,TOPERS,TORTES,TOTERS,TROPES,

5-letter words (46 found)

ESTOP,ESTRO,OPTER,OTTER,PERST,PERTS,PESTO,PETTO,POETS,PORES,PORTS,POSER,POTES,POTTS,PREST,PROSE,PROST,REPOS,REPOT,RESTO,ROPES,ROSET,ROTES,ROTTE,SPORE,SPORT,STEPT,STOEP,STOPE,STOPT,STORE,STREP,STROP,TERTS,TOPER,TOPES,TORES,TORSE,TORTE,TORTS,TOTER,TOTES,TREST,TRETS,TROPE,TROTS,

4-letter words (57 found)

EPOS,EROS,ERST,OPES,OPTS,ORES,ORTS,PERT,PESO,PEST,PETS,POET,PORE,PORT,POSE,POST,POTE,POTS,POTT,PROS,REOS,REPO,REPS,REST,RETS,ROES,ROPE,ROSE,ROST,ROTE,ROTS,SEPT,SETT,SORE,SORT,SPET,SPOT,STEP,STET,STOP,STOT,TEST,TETS,TOES,TOPE,TOPS,TORE,TORS,TORT,TOSE,TOST,TOTE,TOTS,TRES,TRET,TROP,TROT,

3-letter words (34 found)

ERS,EST,OES,OPE,OPS,OPT,ORE,ORS,ORT,OSE,PER,PES,PET,POS,POT,PRE,PRO,PST,REO,REP,RES,RET,ROE,ROT,SER,SET,SOP,SOT,TES,TET,TOE,TOP,TOR,TOT,

2-letter words (14 found)

ER,ES,ET,OE,OP,OR,OS,PE,PO,RE,SO,ST,TE,TO,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 169 words from protest according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of protest

protest

Etymology

From the Middle English verb protesten, from Old French protester, from Latin prōtestārī, present active infinitive of prōtestor, from prō + testor, from testis (“witness”).

Pronunciation

Noun and verb
  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈpɹəʊ.tɛst/
  • (US) enPR: prōʹtĕst, IPA(key): /ˈpɹoʊ.tɛst/
  • Hyphenation: pro‧test
Verb
  • enPR: prə.tĕstʹ, IPA(key): /pɹəˈtɛst/
  • Rhymes: -ɛst
  • Hyphenation: pro‧test
Note
The verb is stressed on the first syllable when referring to a physical march and stressed on the second syllable when in reference to a spoken outburst.

Verb

protest (third-person singular simple present protests, present participle protesting, simple past and past participle protested)

  1. (intransitive) To make a strong objection.
  2. (transitive) To affirm (something).
  3. (transitive, chiefly Canada, US) To object to.
  4. To call as a witness in affirming or denying, or to prove an affirmation; to appeal to.
  5. (law, transitive) to make a solemn written declaration, in due form, on behalf of the holder, against all parties liable for any loss or damage to be sustained by non-acceptance or non-payment of (a bill or note). This should be made by a notary public, whose seal it is the usual practice to affix.
  6. (obsolete, transitive) To publish; to make known.

Translations

Noun

protest (countable and uncountable, plural protests)

  1. A formal objection, especially one by a group.
  2. A collective gesture of disapproval; a demonstration.
  3. The noting by a notary public of an unpaid or unaccepted bill.
  4. A written declaration, usually by the master of a ship, stating the circumstances attending loss or damage of ship or cargo, etc.

Synonyms

  • dissent
  • objection
  • protestation

Translations

Derived terms

Anagrams

  • Potters, potters, spotter, strepto, strepto-

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin prōtestor.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈprotɛst]

Noun

protest m inan

  1. protest
    vyvolat protest. ― to elicit protest.

Declension

Related terms

Further reading

  • protest in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • protest in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French [Term?], from Old French [Term?], from Latin protestō.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /proːˈtɛst/
  • Hyphenation: pro‧test
  • Rhymes: -ɛst

Noun

protest n (plural protesten, diminutive protestje n)

  1. protest (occasion to express dissatisfaction)
  2. protest (expression of disagreement)

Hyponyms

  • betoging
  • demonstratie

Derived terms

Related terms

  • protestant
  • protesteren

Descendants

  • Afrikaans: protes
  • → Caribbean Javanese: protès

Estonian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /protˈesʲt/

Noun

protest (genitive protesti, partitive protesti)

  1. protest

Declension

Related terms

Further reading

  • “protest”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
  • “protest”, in [ÕS] Eesti õigekeelsussõnaraamat ÕS 2018 [Estonian Spelling Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2018, →ISBN
  • protest in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin protestari, as for protestere.

Noun

protest m (definite singular protesten, indefinite plural protester, definite plural protestene)

  1. a protest

Derived terms

  • protestmarsj

Related terms

  • protestere

References

  • “protest” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin protestari.

Noun

protest m (definite singular protesten, indefinite plural protestar, definite plural protestane)

  1. a protest

Derived terms

  • protestmarsj

References

  • “protest” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from German Protest, from Italian protesto, from Latin prōtestārī, present active infinitive of prōtestor, from prō + testor, from testis (“witness”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈprɔ.tɛst/
  • Rhymes: -ɔtɛst
  • Syllabification: pro‧test

Noun

protest m inan

  1. (law) protest (formal objection)
  2. (government, politics) protest (demonstration)
    Synonym: demonstracja

Declension

Related terms

Further reading

  • protest in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • protest in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

Back-formation from protesta

Noun

protest n (plural proteste)

  1. protest

Declension

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From German Protest.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /prǒtest/
  • Hyphenation: pro‧test

Noun

pròtest m (Cyrillic spelling про̀тест)

  1. protest
    Synonym: pròsvjed

Declension

Swedish

Pronunciation

Noun

protest c

  1. protest

Declension

Related terms

  • protestera
  • protestant

Anagrams

  • torpets

Welsh

Etymology

From English protest.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈprɔtɛsd/, [ˈpr̥ʰɔtʰɛst]

Noun

protest f (plural protestiadau or protestadau)

  1. protest, demonstration (collective gesture of disapproval)
    Synonym: gwrthdystiad

Derived terms

  • protestio (“to protest”)

Mutation

Further reading

  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “protest”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

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