ANTECEDE is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. ANTECEDE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ANTECEDE?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 48 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ANTECEDE is to know. It scores 11 from 8 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 7.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ANTECEDE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ANTECEDE scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in ANTECEDE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| e | 3 | 12 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so ANTECEDE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does ANTECEDE mean in Scrabble?
verb
formal
To come before something in time, order or position.
Antecede is a stiff, formal synonym of precede, and writers on history or grammar use it to place one event or word ahead of another. Its adjective, antecedent, is much better known than the verb itself.
How ANTECEDE is used
Formal and fairly rare; found in scholarly prose where something is said to come earlier than another thing.
- Cause must antecede effect in a normal chain of events.
- The small market town came to antecede the larger city by centuries.
- In this language the adjective may antecede the noun.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ANTECEDE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ANTECEDE
7 longer words begin with ANTECEDE.
Shorter words from the letters in ANTECEDE
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Common questions about ANTECEDE
- Is ANTECEDE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ANTECEDE, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ANTECEDE worth?
- ANTECEDE is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ANTECEDE mean?
- To come before something in time, order or position.
- What letters can be added to ANTECEDE?
- ANTECEDE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of ANTECEDE:
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