PREGENITAL is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. PREGENITAL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PREGENITAL?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PREGENITAL is to know. It scores 13 from 10 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PREGENITAL
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
pregenitalsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How PREGENITAL scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in PREGENITAL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so PREGENITAL has to be built on the board across turns.
What does PREGENITAL mean in Scrabble?
adjective
technical
Belonging to the stage of early childhood development that comes before the focus of pleasure settles on the genitals.
In psychoanalytic theory the pregenital phases are the oral and anal stages. The term is rarely met outside psychology texts. It can also describe something located in front of the genital region.
How PREGENITAL is used
Pregenital is used mainly in psychoanalytic writing about early development.
- Freud described the oral stage as a pregenital phase of development.
- The therapist wrote about pregenital fixations in her case notes.
- A pregenital stage comes before the later stages of adult sexuality.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PREGENITAL and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with PREGENITAL
1 longer words begin with PREGENITAL.
Shorter words from the letters in PREGENITAL
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Common questions about PREGENITAL
- Is PREGENITAL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PREGENITAL, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PREGENITAL worth?
- PREGENITAL is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PREGENITAL mean?
- Belonging to the stage of early childhood development that comes before the focus of pleasure settles on the genitals.
- What letters can be added to PREGENITAL?
- PREGENITAL takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of PREGENITAL:
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