PRELATURE is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. PRELATURE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PRELATURE?
| 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: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PRELATURE is to know. It scores 11 from 9 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PRELATURE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
prelaturesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How PRELATURE scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in PRELATURE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| r | 2 | 6 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so PRELATURE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does PRELATURE mean in Scrabble?
noun
The office or rank of a prelate, a senior churchman such as a bishop.
A prelature may also mean the prelates as a group or the area under their authority. In the Catholic Church it can name a special jurisdiction not tied to one diocese.
How PRELATURE is used
The noun prelature appears in church history and ecclesiastical law.
- He was raised to the prelature at an early age.
- The prelature oversees parishes across several regions.
- She wrote a thesis on the medieval prelature.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PRELATURE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with PRELATURE
1 longer words begin with PRELATURE.
Shorter words from the letters in PRELATURE
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Common questions about PRELATURE
- Is PRELATURE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PRELATURE, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PRELATURE worth?
- PRELATURE is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PRELATURE mean?
- The office or rank of a prelate, a senior churchman such as a bishop.
- What letters can be added to PRELATURE?
- PRELATURE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of PRELATURE:
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