PREACHINESS is a valid Scrabble word — 18 points
Yes. PREACHINESS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 18 points in Scrabble and 20 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PREACHINESS?
| 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: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PREACHINESS is to know. It scores 18 from 11 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PREACHINESS
No single letter turns PREACHINESS into another word.
How PREACHINESS scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in PREACHINESS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| s | 2 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so PREACHINESS has to be built on the board across turns.
What does PREACHINESS mean in Scrabble?
noun
informal
The tiresome habit of lecturing others about right and wrong.
Critics use preachiness to fault a book, film or speaker whose message is pressed on the audience too hard. The complaint is usually about tone, not about the opinion itself.
How PREACHINESS is used
Usually a criticism of writing, speech or a person who moralises too much.
- The preachiness of the ending spoiled an otherwise good story.
- Her preachiness made dinner with her uncomfortable.
- Reviewers noted the show's occasional preachiness.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PREACHINESS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with PREACHINESS
1 longer words begin with PREACHINESS.
Shorter words from the letters in PREACHINESS
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Common questions about PREACHINESS
- Is PREACHINESS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PREACHINESS, where it scores 20 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PREACHINESS worth?
- PREACHINESS is worth 18 points in Scrabble and 20 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PREACHINESS mean?
- The tiresome habit of lecturing others about right and wrong.
- What letters can be added to PREACHINESS?
- No single letter can be added to PREACHINESS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of PREACHINESS:
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