PREMY is valid in Collins, not in North America — 12 points
It depends on the list you play by. PREMY is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 12 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept PREMY?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Not listed |
Word power: 33 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PREMY is to know. It scores 12 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PREMY
No single letter turns PREMY into another word.
How PREMY scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in PREMY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 130,708.
What does PREMY mean in Scrabble?
noun
informalAustralian
A baby born well before its due date, cared for in a special hospital ward.
Premy is a shortened, everyday way of saying premature baby, used mainly in Australian hospitals and among parents. A premy usually needs extra warmth and monitoring in the weeks after birth because its body is not yet fully developed. The word softens a clinical term into something a family can say comfortably.
How PREMY is used
Informal Australian speech, spoken more than written.
- The premy spent her first month in the special care nursery.
- Nurses on that ward look after several premy babies at once.
- Their premy weighed less than a bag of sugar at birth.
- A premy often needs help with feeding in the early weeks.
- She still calls her now-grown daughter her little premy.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PREMY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with PREMY
1 longer words begin with PREMY.
Shorter words from the letters in PREMY
Common questions about PREMY
- Is PREMY valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and PREMY is not in it.
- How many points is PREMY worth?
- PREMY is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PREMY mean?
- A baby born well before its due date, cared for in a special hospital ward.
- What letters can be added to PREMY?
- No single letter can be added to PREMY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of PREMY:
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