PREBENDAL is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. PREBENDAL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 18 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PREBENDAL?
| 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: 29 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PREBENDAL is to know. It scores 14 from 9 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PREBENDAL
No single letter turns PREBENDAL into another word.
How PREBENDAL scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in PREBENDAL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so PREBENDAL has to be built on the board across turns.
What does PREBENDAL mean in Scrabble?
adjective
historical
Concerning the church income granted to a cathedral clergyman, or the clergyman who held it.
Prebendal matters belong to the old English church, where a canon received a fixed allowance from cathedral lands. Historians meet the term in records of stalls, estates and the priests who held them.
How PREBENDAL is used
Found in church history, usually before a noun such as prebendal stall or prebendal lands.
- The prebendal estate supported the canon for forty years.
- He sat in a prebendal stall near the choir.
- Records of the prebendal church were kept in the cathedral archive.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PREBENDAL and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in PREBENDAL
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Common questions about PREBENDAL
- Is PREBENDAL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PREBENDAL, where it scores 18 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PREBENDAL worth?
- PREBENDAL is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PREBENDAL mean?
- Concerning the church income granted to a cathedral clergyman, or the clergyman who held it.
- What letters can be added to PREBENDAL?
- No single letter can be added to PREBENDAL to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of PREBENDAL:
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