PRESTRESS is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. PRESTRESS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PRESTRESS?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 26 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PRESTRESS is to know. It scores 11 from 9 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PRESTRESS
No single letter turns PRESTRESS into another word.
How PRESTRESS scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in PRESTRESS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| r | 2 | 6 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| s | 3 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so PRESTRESS has to be built on the board across turns.
What does PRESTRESS mean in Scrabble?
verb
technical
To put a structure or material under built-in tension or compression before it carries any working load.
Engineers prestress concrete beams by stretching steel cables inside them, so the finished beam resists bending far better. The idea is to build in a stress that cancels the load to come.
How PRESTRESS is used
Used in civil engineering, usually of concrete, and often as the participle prestressed.
- Workers prestress the cables before the concrete sets.
- It is cheaper to prestress the slabs at the factory.
- The bridge designers chose to prestress every girder.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PRESTRESS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with PRESTRESS
3 longer words begin with PRESTRESS.
Shorter words from the letters in PRESTRESS
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Common questions about PRESTRESS
- Is PRESTRESS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PRESTRESS, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PRESTRESS worth?
- PRESTRESS is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PRESTRESS mean?
- To put a structure or material under built-in tension or compression before it carries any working load.
- What letters can be added to PRESTRESS?
- No single letter can be added to PRESTRESS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of PRESTRESS:
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