PRIEDIEU is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. PRIEDIEU is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PRIEDIEU?
| 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: 46 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PRIEDIEU is to know. It scores 11 from 8 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 7.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PRIEDIEU
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How PRIEDIEU scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in PRIEDIEU, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so PRIEDIEU has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about PRIEDIEU
- PRIEDIEU runs three vowels in a row, which almost no English word does.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does PRIEDIEU mean in Scrabble?
noun
A low kneeling desk with a slanted rest above it, used for private prayer.
A priedieu is a piece of church or household furniture rather than a part of the building. The French name literally means pray God, which tells you what it was made for. Antique shops still list them as separate items.
How PRIEDIEU is used
Mostly met in descriptions of chapels, old houses and antique furniture.
- A carved priedieu stood in the corner of the chapel.
- She knelt at the priedieu with her prayer book open.
- The auction included a velvet-covered priedieu from the eighteenth century.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PRIEDIEU and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with PRIEDIEU
2 longer words begin with PRIEDIEU.
Shorter words from the letters in PRIEDIEU
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Common questions about PRIEDIEU
- Is PRIEDIEU valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PRIEDIEU, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PRIEDIEU worth?
- PRIEDIEU is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PRIEDIEU mean?
- A low kneeling desk with a slanted rest above it, used for private prayer.
- What letters can be added to PRIEDIEU?
- PRIEDIEU takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of PRIEDIEU:
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