PREMAN is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. PREMAN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PREMAN?
| 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: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PREMAN is to know. It scores 10 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PREMAN
No single letter turns PREMAN into another word.
How PREMAN scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in PREMAN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 76,649.
What does PREMAN mean in Scrabble?
noun
slang
A member of an Indonesian street gang or organized criminal group, from the lowest thug to a boss.
The word entered Indonesian from the Dutch vrijman, meaning a free man, and over time it came to describe people who live by extortion and protection rackets. A preman may run a market district, collect fees from shops, or act as hired muscle for a larger group. In older word lists the same spelling is also given for a hypothetical ancestor of humans.
How PREMAN is used
Mainly used in writing about Indonesia; it is a loanword and not part of everyday English.
- The shopkeepers paid a preman each week to keep their stalls safe.
- A local preman was arrested after the market fight.
- The film follows a young preman who wants to leave the gang.
- Reporters described how each preman controlled a few streets of the district.
- She wrote about the preman culture of the port city.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PREMAN and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with PREMAN
6 longer words begin with PREMAN.
Shorter words from the letters in PREMAN
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Common questions about PREMAN
- Is PREMAN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PREMAN, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PREMAN worth?
- PREMAN is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PREMAN mean?
- A member of an Indonesian street gang or organized criminal group, from the lowest thug to a boss.
- What letters can be added to PREMAN?
- No single letter can be added to PREMAN to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of PREMAN:
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