PREEMPTING

What PREEMPTING Means

PREEMPTING is a form of PREEMPT, which means:

1. verb: acquire for oneself before others can do so
2. verb: take the place of or have precedence over“live broadcast of the presidential debate preempts the regular news hour”
3. noun: a high bid that is intended to prevent the opposing players from bidding

Similar words

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

PREEMPTING is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 17 in Scrabble and 20 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as P3 R1 E1 E1 M3 P3 T1 I1 N1 G2.

Words Made From The Letters In PREEMPTING

331 shorter words come out of these tiles. On a board that matters more than the long play, because a short word on a premium square often beats a long one on plain squares.

9 letter words (2)

8 letter words (3)

7 letter words (24)

6 letter words (46)

5 letter words (69)

4 letter words (105)

3 letter words (66)

2 letter words (16)

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