protect

1. To provide a guard or shield .

2. To save from contingent financial loss.

3. To foster or shield from infringement or restriction .

4. To restrict competition for (as domestic industries) by means of tariffs or trade controls .

5. to maintain the status or integrity of especially through financial or legal guarantees as.

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1. Baseball To swing at a pitch near (home plate) in order to avoid being called out on strikes.

2. Baseball To swing at a pitch so as to give (a base runner) a better chance of advancing.

3. Sports To attempt to hold (a lead) by playing careful defense and avoiding risky plays.

4. To assure payment of (drafts or notes, for example) by setting aside funds.

5. To help (domestic industry) with tariffs or quotas on imported goods.

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Top Words by points	Points	Word Game
protect	11	Scrabble

2 Letters	Scrabble® Points
pe	4
po	4
re	2
te	2
or	2
to	2
op	4
oe	2
er	2
et	2

3 Letters	Scrabble® Points
pro	5
toe	3
pec	7
per	5
pet	5
pot	5
ort	3
tet	3
tec	5
cep	7
rec	5
rep	5
ret	3
roc	5
roe	3
rot	3
cop	7
ore	3
orc	5
opt	5
ope	5
eco	5
tor	3
tot	3
cor	5
cot	5
top	5

4 Letters	Scrabble® Points
tore	4
trot	4
trop	6
tret	4
tote	4
repo	6
rope	6
rote	4
tort	4
torc	6
tope	6
pore	6
cero	6
cert	6
cope	8
core	6
port	6
poet	6
pert	6
perc	8
cote	6
crop	8

5 Letters	Scrabble® Points
octet	7
toper	7
coper	9
crept	9
torte	5
toter	5
otter	5
rotte	5
repot	7
recto	7
petto	7
trope	7

6 Letters	Scrabble® Points
copter	10
cotter	8
potter	8

7 Letters	Scrabble® Points
protect	11