PRECEDE is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. PRECEDE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PRECEDE?
| 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: 59 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PRECEDE is to know. It scores 12 from 7 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 7.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PRECEDE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How PRECEDE scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in PRECEDE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| e | 3 | 12 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 757,934.
What does PRECEDE mean in Scrabble?
verb
To come before something else in time, order or position.
One event can precede another, as a warning precedes a storm, and a person can precede a group through a door. The mirror word is follow. Do not confuse it with proceed, which means to go on.
How PRECEDE is used
Precede is used in general and formal writing about sequence and order.
- A short speech will precede the dinner.
- Thunder may precede heavy rain by several minutes.
- The guide walked ahead to precede the group into the cave.
- Letters that precede m in the alphabet come first in this list.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PRECEDE and 4 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of PRECEDE
The 7 tiles of PRECEDE in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with PRECEDE
12 longer words begin with PRECEDE.
Shorter words from the letters in PRECEDE
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Common questions about PRECEDE
- Is PRECEDE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PRECEDE, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PRECEDE worth?
- PRECEDE is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PRECEDE mean?
- To come before something else in time, order or position.
- What letters can be added to PRECEDE?
- PRECEDE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of PRECEDE:
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