PREEMERGENT is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points
Yes. PREEMERGENT is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 20 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PREEMERGENT?
| 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: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PREEMERGENT is to know. It scores 16 from 11 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 7.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PREEMERGENT
No single letter turns PREEMERGENT into another word.
How PREEMERGENT scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in PREEMERGENT, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| r | 2 | 6 |
| e | 4 | 12 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so PREEMERGENT has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about PREEMERGENT
- The letter E appears four times in PREEMERGENT.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does PREEMERGENT mean in Scrabble?
adjective
technical
Applied or happening before seedlings push up through the soil.
Gardeners meet this term on the labels of weed killers that work on the ground before anything has sprouted. The word preemergent describes timing, not strength.
How PREEMERGENT is used
Used mainly in gardening and farming for treatments applied early in the season, before weeds appear.
- She spread a preemergent herbicide across the lawn in early spring.
- A preemergent treatment must go down before the weed seeds germinate.
- The farmer chose a preemergent spray to keep the field clear.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PREEMERGENT and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in PREEMERGENT
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Common questions about PREEMERGENT
- Is PREEMERGENT valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PREEMERGENT, where it scores 20 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PREEMERGENT worth?
- PREEMERGENT is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 20 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PREEMERGENT mean?
- Applied or happening before seedlings push up through the soil.
- What letters can be added to PREEMERGENT?
- No single letter can be added to PREEMERGENT to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of PREEMERGENT:
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