PRELITERATE is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. PRELITERATE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PRELITERATE?
| 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: 33 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PRELITERATE is to know. It scores 13 from 11 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 7.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PRELITERATE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
preliteratesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How PRELITERATE scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in PRELITERATE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| r | 2 | 6 |
| e | 3 | 12 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| t | 2 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so PRELITERATE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does PRELITERATE mean in Scrabble?
adjective
technical
Belonging to a society or period before writing was in use, or describing a person not yet able to read and write.
Scholars say preliterate to stress that a culture passed on its stories by speech and memory rather than by text. Teachers also use preliterate for small children who have not started to decode letters, without any judgement of their intelligence.
How PRELITERATE is used
Common in anthropology and early education, either for cultures or for young children.
- Preliterate communities kept their history alive through songs and spoken genealogies.
- The picture book was designed for preliterate toddlers who follow the story from the images.
- Memory played a far larger role in preliterate law than in written codes.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PRELITERATE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with PRELITERATE
1 longer words begin with PRELITERATE.
Shorter words from the letters in PRELITERATE
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Common questions about PRELITERATE
- Is PRELITERATE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PRELITERATE, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PRELITERATE worth?
- PRELITERATE is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PRELITERATE mean?
- Belonging to a society or period before writing was in use, or describing a person not yet able to read and write.
- What letters can be added to PRELITERATE?
- PRELITERATE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of PRELITERATE:
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