PRERECESSION is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points
Yes. PRERECESSION 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 PRERECESSION?
| 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: 29 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PRERECESSION is to know. It scores 16 from 12 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PRERECESSION
No single letter turns PRERECESSION into another word.
How PRERECESSION scores
Face value of the 12 tiles in PRERECESSION, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| r | 2 | 6 |
| e | 3 | 12 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| s | 2 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so PRERECESSION has to be built on the board across turns.
What does PRERECESSION mean in Scrabble?
adjective
technical
Existing or happening in the period before an economic downturn began.
Economists use prerecession figures as a baseline when judging how deep a slump went. The word is a measuring stick: wages, hiring or spending are compared with their prerecession levels to see whether recovery is complete.
How PRERECESSION is used
Found mainly in business and economic writing, usually before a noun such as levels, peak or employment.
- Employment finally climbed back to its prerecession level.
- The firm's prerecession profits were never matched again.
- Analysts compared prerecession spending with the figures from the following year.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PRERECESSION and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in PRERECESSION
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Common questions about PRERECESSION
- Is PRERECESSION valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PRERECESSION, where it scores 19 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PRERECESSION worth?
- PRERECESSION is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 19 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PRERECESSION mean?
- Existing or happening in the period before an economic downturn began.
- What letters can be added to PRERECESSION?
- No single letter can be added to PRERECESSION to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 12 letters of PRERECESSION:
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