PREPARATOR is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. PREPARATOR is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PREPARATOR?
| 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: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PREPARATOR is to know. It scores 14 from 10 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PREPARATOR
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How PREPARATOR scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in PREPARATOR, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 2 | 2 |
| r | 3 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so PREPARATOR has to be built on the board across turns.
What does PREPARATOR mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A person who prepares specimens, such as fossils or animals, for study or display in a museum or laboratory.
A museum preparator cleans bones, mounts skeletons and mends fragile finds. The job needs patience and steady hands, and the work is seldom seen by visitors.
How PREPARATOR is used
Used mainly in museums and the natural sciences.
- The preparator spent weeks freeing the fossil from rock.
- A skilled preparator mounted the whale skeleton.
- The museum hired a new preparator for the dinosaur hall.
- Each preparator keeps careful notes on repairs.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PREPARATOR and 4 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with PREPARATOR
3 longer words begin with PREPARATOR.
Shorter words from the letters in PREPARATOR
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Common questions about PREPARATOR
- Is PREPARATOR valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PREPARATOR, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PREPARATOR worth?
- PREPARATOR is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PREPARATOR mean?
- A person who prepares specimens, such as fossils or animals, for study or display in a museum or laboratory.
- What letters can be added to PREPARATOR?
- PREPARATOR takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of PREPARATOR:
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