What PREDATORY Means
- adjective: characterized by plundering or pillaging or marauding“bands of marauding Indians”
- adjective: living by preying on other animals especially by catching living prey“a predatory bird”
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Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
PREDATORY is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 15 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as P3 R1 E1 D2 A1 T1 O1 R1 Y4.
Anagrams of PREDATORY (1)
Same letters, different order. Any of these plays the same tiles for the same score.
Words Made From The Letters In PREDATORY
437 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 (5)
7 letter words (10)
6 letter words (49)
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5 letter words (118)
ADEPTADOPTADOREAPERTAPERYAPODEAPORTAPTEDAPTERARDORARRETATOPYDARERDARREDATERDEARYDEPOTDERATDERAYDERRODERRYDOPERDOPEYDORTYDOTERDRAPEDREARDROPTDRYEROAREDOATEROPERAOPTEDOPTERORATEORDEROREADOTARYPADREPAEDOPARDYPAREDPAREOPARERPARRYPARTYPATEDPATERPAYEDPAYERPAYORPEARTPEATYPEDROPERDYPERRYPETARPORAEPOREDPORERPORTAPORTYPOTAEPOTEDPRATEPRATYPREDYPROREPRYERRAREDRATEDRATERRAYEDREADYREDRYREPAYREPOTREPRORETRORETRYROARYROATEROPEDROPERROPEYRORTYROTEDRYPERTAPEDTAPERTARDOTARDYTAREDTARRETARRYTEARYTEPOYTERRATERRYTOADYTODAYTOPEDTOPERTOYEDTOYERTRADETRAPETREADTROADTRODETROPETRYERTYPEDTYREDYARERYARTOYEARDYRAPT
4 letter words (139)
ADRYAEROAERYAPEDAPERAPODAREDARETARTYATOPAYREDAREDARTDATEDATODEARDERODOATDOERDOPADOPEDOPYDOREDORPDORRDORTDORYDOTEDOTYDRAPDRATDRAYDREYDROPDYEREARDEYOTEYRAOARYOATYODEAOPEDORADORRAOYERPARDPAREPARRPARTPATEPATYPEARPEATPERTPOETPOREPORTPORYPOTEPRADPRAOPRATPRAYPREYPROAPRODPYATPYETPYOTPYREPYRORADERAPTRARERATERATOREADREAPREARREDOREPOROADROARRODEROEDROPEROPYRORERORTRORYROTAROTERYOTRYPETAEDTAPETARETAROTARPTEADTEARTEDYTEPATOADTODYTOEATOEDTOEYTOPETORATORETORRTORYTRADTRAPTRAYTREYTRODTROPTROYTRYETRYPTYDETYEDTYERTYPETYPOTYRETYROYARDYAREYARRYATEYEADYEARYERDYODEYOREYORP
3 letter words (89)
ADOAPEAPOAPTARDAREARTARYATEAYEDAEDAPDAYDEYDOEDOPDORDOTDOYDRYDYEEAREATERAERRETAOAROATODAODEOPEOPTORAORDOREORTOYEPADPARPATPAYPEAPEDPERPETPOAPODPOTPREPROPRYPYAPYERADRAPRATRAYREDREOREPRETRODROEROTRYARYETADTAETAOTAPTARTAYTEATEDTODTOETOPTORTOYTRYTYEYADYAEYAPYARYEAYEPYETYOD
2 letter words (27)
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