PREMEIOTIC is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points
Yes. PREMEIOTIC is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 19 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PREMEIOTIC?
| 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: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PREMEIOTIC is to know. It scores 16 from 10 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PREMEIOTIC
No single letter turns PREMEIOTIC into another word.
How PREMEIOTIC scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in PREMEIOTIC, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so PREMEIOTIC has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about PREMEIOTIC
- PREMEIOTIC runs three vowels in a row, which almost no English word does.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does PREMEIOTIC mean in Scrabble?
adjective
technicalmedical
Occurring at the stage of a cell's life before it has entered meiosis.
Biologists use premeiotic to place an event on the timeline of sex-cell formation. It usually points to the last round of DNA copying that a cell completes before dividing into gametes.
How PREMEIOTIC is used
Found in genetics and cell-biology writing, almost always with nouns such as cell, stage or replication.
- The premeiotic cells were stained so the team could count them.
- DNA copying in the premeiotic phase must finish without errors.
- A premeiotic stage precedes the formation of eggs and sperm.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PREMEIOTIC and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in PREMEIOTIC
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Common questions about PREMEIOTIC
- Is PREMEIOTIC valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PREMEIOTIC, where it scores 19 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PREMEIOTIC worth?
- PREMEIOTIC is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 19 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PREMEIOTIC mean?
- Occurring at the stage of a cell's life before it has entered meiosis.
- What letters can be added to PREMEIOTIC?
- No single letter can be added to PREMEIOTIC to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of PREMEIOTIC:
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