PREMEDITATE is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points
Yes. PREMEDITATE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 18 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PREMEDITATE?
| 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: 37 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PREMEDITATE is to know. It scores 16 from 11 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 7.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PREMEDITATE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How PREMEDITATE scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in PREMEDITATE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| e | 3 | 12 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| t | 2 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so PREMEDITATE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does PREMEDITATE mean in Scrabble?
verb
formal
To think through or plan an act carefully before carrying it out.
The verb is tied closely to law, where planning ahead separates a deliberate wrong from a sudden one. Outside courts, to premeditate can sound heavy for ordinary plans.
How PREMEDITATE is used
Mostly seen in legal or crime contexts, and far more often in its participle form than as a bare verb.
- The prosecutor argued that he did premeditate the theft.
- It is hard to premeditate a reaction to news you cannot foresee.
- Few people premeditate every word of a casual chat.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PREMEDITATE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with PREMEDITATE
3 longer words begin with PREMEDITATE.
Shorter words from the letters in PREMEDITATE
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Common questions about PREMEDITATE
- Is PREMEDITATE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PREMEDITATE, where it scores 18 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PREMEDITATE worth?
- PREMEDITATE is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PREMEDITATE mean?
- To think through or plan an act carefully before carrying it out.
- What letters can be added to PREMEDITATE?
- PREMEDITATE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of PREMEDITATE:
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