proof: meaning and words from its letters
5 letters · 10 letter points · starts with P · ends with F
Meaning of proof
noun
- countable
An effort, process, or operation designed to establish or discover a fact or truth; an act of testing; a test; a trial.
Example: I need proof of your unconditional love. Lend me some dough.
- 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.
- countable, uncountable
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.
- countable
A proof sheet; a trial impression, as from type, taken for correction or examination.
Listed forms: proofs.
Source: Wiktionary — proof.
adj
Used in proving or testing.
Example: a proof load; a proof charge
Firm or successful in resisting.
Example: proof against harm
Being of a certain standard as to alcohol content.
Example: 60% proof liquor
Source: Wiktionary — proof.
verb
- colloquial, intransitive, transitive
To proofread.
- transitive
To make resistant, especially to water.
- transitive
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.
- transitive
To allow (yeast-containing dough) to rise, especially after it has been shaped
Example: dough proofing
Listed forms: proofs, proofing, proofed.
Source: Wiktionary — proof.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
Words are grouped by sense, so they are not necessarily interchangeable in every context. Search synonyms for proof.
noun
any factual evidence that helps to establish the truth of something
- cogent evidence
noun
(printing) an impression made to check for errors
- test copy
- trial impression
noun
the act of validating; finding or testing the truth of something
verb
read for errors
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is proof in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
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| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of proof
P(3) + R(1) + O(1) + O(1) + F(4) = 10 points.
This is a sum of letter values without board bonuses or word multipliers. A blank tile is worth zero: subtract the value of each letter supplied by a blank. The score does not establish game validity. Full letter-value table.
Anagrams of proof
0 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
No other single-word anagram was found in our standard list.
Shorter words from proof
15 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in proof. Showing up to 24, longest first.