PREPENSE is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. PREPENSE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PREPENSE?
| 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: 47 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PREPENSE is to know. It scores 12 from 8 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 7.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PREPENSE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How PREPENSE scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in PREPENSE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 2 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| e | 3 | 12 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so PREPENSE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does PREPENSE mean in Scrabble?
adjective
formallegal
Planned or thought out beforehand; deliberate.
Prepense survives almost only in the legal phrase "malice prepense", meaning intent formed in advance. It normally follows the noun it describes, which is an old pattern of word order.
How PREPENSE is used
Prepense is formal and typically follows a noun, as in malice prepense.
- The court heard that he acted with malice prepense.
- It was a crime of malice prepense, not a sudden quarrel.
- Her deceit was prepense and carefully rehearsed.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PREPENSE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with PREPENSE
3 longer words begin with PREPENSE.
Shorter words from the letters in PREPENSE
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Common questions about PREPENSE
- Is PREPENSE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PREPENSE, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PREPENSE worth?
- PREPENSE is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PREPENSE mean?
- Planned or thought out beforehand; deliberate.
- What letters can be added to PREPENSE?
- PREPENSE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of PREPENSE:
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