PRELITERARY is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points
Yes. PRELITERARY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PRELITERARY?
| 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: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PRELITERARY is to know. It scores 16 from 11 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PRELITERARY
No single letter turns PRELITERARY into another word.
How PRELITERARY scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in PRELITERARY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| r | 3 | 6 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so PRELITERARY has to be built on the board across turns.
What does PRELITERARY mean in Scrabble?
adjective
formal
Existing before writing and written literature had developed.
Scholars apply the word to societies that passed stories along by speech alone. Calling a culture preliterary carries no insult; it only places it on a timeline.
How PRELITERARY is used
Common in anthropology and literary history when speaking of oral traditions and early cultures.
- Many myths come to us from preliterary societies.
- The professor studied preliterary storytelling and its rhythms.
- A preliterary child can still enjoy hearing a book read aloud.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PRELITERARY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in PRELITERARY
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Common questions about PRELITERARY
- Is PRELITERARY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PRELITERARY, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PRELITERARY worth?
- PRELITERARY is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PRELITERARY mean?
- Existing before writing and written literature had developed.
- What letters can be added to PRELITERARY?
- No single letter can be added to PRELITERARY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of PRELITERARY:
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