PREAUTHORIZING is valid in North America, not in Collins — 29 points
It depends on the list you play by. PREAUTHORIZING is in the North American lists but not in Collins, so it stands in a US or Canadian game and can be challenged anywhere else. Worth 29 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept PREAUTHORIZING?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Not listed |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Not listed |
Word power: 33 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PREAUTHORIZING is to know. It scores 29 from 14 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PREAUTHORIZING
No single letter turns PREAUTHORIZING into another word.
How PREAUTHORIZING scores
Face value of the 14 tiles in PREAUTHORIZING, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| r | 2 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| z | 1 | 1 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so PREAUTHORIZING has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about PREAUTHORIZING
- PREAUTHORIZING runs three vowels in a row, which almost no English word does.
- PREAUTHORIZING contains every vowel — A, E, I, O and U.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does PREAUTHORIZING mean in Scrabble?
PREAUTHORIZING is the -ing form (present participle) of PREAUTHORIZE.
Shorter words from the letters in PREAUTHORIZING
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Common questions about PREAUTHORIZING
- Is PREAUTHORIZING valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and PREAUTHORIZING is not in it.
- How many points is PREAUTHORIZING worth?
- PREAUTHORIZING is worth 29 points in Scrabble and 32 points in Words with Friends.
- What letters can be added to PREAUTHORIZING?
- No single letter can be added to PREAUTHORIZING to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 14 letters of PREAUTHORIZING:
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