PREAMBLES

9 letters, 15 points in Scrabble, 3 vowels

What PREAMBLES Means

PREAMBLES is a form of PREAMBLE, which means:

noun: a preliminary introduction to a statute or constitution (usually explaining its purpose)
verb: make a preliminary introduction, usually to a formal document

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

PREAMBLES is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 15 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as P3 R1 E1 A1 M3 B3 L1 E1 S1.

Words Made From The Letters In PREAMBLES

531 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.

8 letter words (4)

BEPEARLS EMPALERS PREAMBLE RESAMPLE

7 letter words (28)

AMBEERS AMBLERS AMPERES BEAMERS BELEAPS BEPEARL BESMEAR BLAMERS EMBALES EMPALER EMPALES EMPARES EMPARLS LAMBERS LAMPERS LEAPERS MARBLES MEALERS PALMERS PLEASER PREMEAL PRESALE RAMBLES RELAPSE REMBLES REPEALS SAMPLER SEMPLER

6 letter words (78)

5 letter words (165)

4 letter words (156)

3 letter words (80)

ABS ALB ALE ALP ALS AME AMP APE ARB ARE ARM ARS ASP BAL BAM BAP BAR BAS BEE BEL BES BRA EAR EAS EEL ELM ELS EME EMS ERA ERE ERM ERS LAB LAM LAP LAR LAS LEA LEE LEP LES MAE MAL MAP MAR MAS MEE MEL MES PAL PAM PAR PAS PEA PEE PEL PER PES PRE RAM RAP RAS REB REE REM REP RES SAB SAE SAL SAM SAP SAR SEA SEE SEL SER SMA SPA

2 letter words (20)

AB AE AL AM AR AS BA BE EA EE EL EM ER ES LA MA ME PA PE RE

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