What PRECEDENT Means
- noun: an example that is used to justify similar occurrences at a later time
- noun: (civil law) a law established by following earlier judicial decisions
- adjective: preceding in time, order, or significance
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
PRECEDENT is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 14 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as P3 R1 E1 C3 E1 D2 E1 N1 T1.
Anagrams of PRECEDENT (1)
Same letters, different order. Any of these plays the same tiles for the same score.
Words Made From The Letters In PRECEDENT
178 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 (6)
7 letter words (16)
CENTREDCREDENTCREEPEDDECREETENTEREDERECTEDPERCENTPETEREDPRECEDEPRECENTPREENEDPRENEEDPRENTEDPRETEENPRETENDTERPENE
6 letter words (32)
CENDRECENTERCENTRECERNEDCREPEDDECENTDECERNDECREEDEEPENDEEPERENTREEETERNENEEDERPECTENPEENEDPEEREDPERCEDPERCENRECEDERECENTRECEPTREEDENRENTEDREPENTRETENETEENEDTEENERTEEREDTENDERTENDRETENRECTERNED
5 letter words (36)
CEDERCEREDCERNECREEDCREEPCREPECREPTCTENEDEEREDENETDETERDRENTENDERENTERERECTERNEDNEPERPEECEPENCEPENEDPERCEPETERPETREPREEDPREENPRENTREEDERENTETEENDTEENETEPEETERCETERNETREEDTREENTREND
4 letter words (48)
CEDECENTCEPECERECERTCETECREDCREEDEENDEEPDEERDEETDENEDENTDEREDERNDREEEPEEEREDERNEETENNEEDNEEPNERDNETEPEEDPEENPEERPENDPENEPENTPEREPERNPERTPREEREDEREEDREENRENDRENTRETETEEDTEENTEERTENDTENETERNTREE
3 letter words (30)
2 letter words (10)
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