What PREEMPTIVE Means
- adjective: designed or having the power to deter or prevent an anticipated situation or occurrence“a preemptive business offer”
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
PREEMPTIVE is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 19 in Scrabble and 21 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as P3 R1 E1 E1 M3 P3 T1 I1 V4 E1.
Words Made From The Letters In PREEMPTIVE
172 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.
7 letter words (6)
6 letter words (22)
EMPIREEPIMERMEETERMETIERPEEPERPEERIEPEEVERPERMIEPERMITPREEVEPREMIEPRIEVEPRIVETREEMITREMEETRETIMETEEMERTEMPERTIPPEETIPPERTREMIEVERITE
5 letter words (38)
EERIEEMEEREVERTEVITEMERITMETERMETREMIEVEMITERMITREMPRETPEEPEPEEVEPERVEPETERPETREPETRIPIERTPIPERPIPETPREVEPRIMEPRIMPREEVEREIVEREMETREMITRETEMRETIEREVETREVIERIEVERIVETTEMPITEPEETIMERTRIPEVIPER
4 letter words (60)
EMIREMITEMPTEPEEEREVEVEREVETITEMMEERMEETMEREMERIMETEMEVEMIREMIRVMITEPEEPPEERPEREPERIPERMPERPPERTPERVPIERPIETPIMPPIPEPREEPREMPREPPRIMREPPRETERIEMRIMERIPERIPPRIPTRITERIVETEEMTEERTEMETEMPTERMTIERTIMETIRETREETRIETRIMTRIPVEEPVEERVERTVIERVIREVITE
3 letter words (34)
EMEEREERMEVEIMPIREMEEMETMIRPEEPEPPERPETPIEPIPPIRPITPREREEREIREMREPRETREVRIMRIPRITTEETIETIPVEEVETVIEVIM
2 letter words (12)
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