PREMIE is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. PREMIE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PREMIE?
| 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: 39 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PREMIE is to know. It scores 10 from 6 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 7.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PREMIE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How PREMIE scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in PREMIE, 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 | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 83,618.
What stands out about PREMIE
- The same 6 tiles also spell 3 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does PREMIE mean in Scrabble?
noun
informal
A baby born before the full term of pregnancy has been completed.
Hospitals and parents use premie as a friendly shortening of premature infant, and the spelling preemie is just as common. Such a baby is usually born before the thirty-seventh week and often needs extra warmth, feeding help and close watching in a special nursery. In the 1970s the word was also used for a follower of a particular Indian spiritual teacher.
How PREMIE is used
Informal and chiefly North American; nurses and parents use it, while medical writing says premature infant.
- The premie weighed just over three pounds at birth.
- Their first child was a premie and spent a month in the nursery.
- A premie often cannot keep its body warm without an incubator.
- The nurse called the premie a little fighter.
- Parents of a premie learn a great deal about feeding tubes and monitors.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PREMIE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of PREMIE
The 6 tiles of PREMIE in a different order — 3 found.
Words starting with PREMIE
9 longer words begin with PREMIE.
Shorter words from the letters in PREMIE
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Common questions about PREMIE
- Is PREMIE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PREMIE, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PREMIE worth?
- PREMIE is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PREMIE mean?
- A baby born before the full term of pregnancy has been completed.
- What letters can be added to PREMIE?
- PREMIE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of PREMIE:
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