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PREEMPT

“PREEMPT” is a valid word.

13 Scrabble points
16 Words with Friends
7 letters

Definition

noun

  1. a high bid that is intended to prevent the opposing players from bidding

verb

  1. acquire for oneself before others can do so
  2. take the place of or have precedence over
  3. gain possession of by prior right or opportunity, especially so as to obtain the right to buy (land)

< 7-letter words: PREEMPT

6-letter words 1

  • tempera sudden outburst of anger

5-letter words 5

  • peterdisciple of Jesus and leader of the Apostles; regarded by Catholics as the vicar of Christ on earth and first Pope
  • meterthe basic unit of length adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites (approximately 1.094 yards)
  • metrethe basic unit of length adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites (approximately 1.094 yards)
  • remet
  • retemdesert shrub of Syria and Arabia having small white flowers; constitutes the juniper of the Old Testament; sometimes placed in genus Genista

4-letter words 15

  • meeta meeting at which a number of athletic contests are held
  • treea tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms
  • terma word or expression used for some particular thing
  • merea small pond of standing water
  • preppreparatory school work done outside school (especially at home)
  • peepthe short weak cry of a young bird
  • tempa worker (especially in an office) hired on a temporary basis
  • peera person who is of equal standing with another in a group
  • perma city in the European part of Russia
  • metea line that indicates a boundary
  • pertcharacterized by a lightly pert and exuberant quality
  • pree
  • teembe teeming, be abuzz
  • reppa fabric with prominent rounded crosswise ribs
  • retea network of intersecting blood vessels or intersecting nerves or intersecting lymph vessels

3-letter words 12

  • metcome together
  • per
  • peeliquid excretory product
  • peta domesticated animal kept for companionship or amusement
  • repinformal abbreviation of `representative'
  • ere
  • pepliveliness and energy
  • teethe starting place for each hole on a golf course
  • rema recurring sleep state during which dreaming occurs; a state of rapidly shifting eye movements during sleep
  • ree
  • eme
  • retplace (flax, hemp, or jute) in liquid so as to promote loosening of the fibers from the woody tissue

2-letter words 6

  • mea state in New England
  • ema quad with a square body
  • era trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group; occurs with yttrium
  • rea rare heavy polyvalent metallic element that resembles manganese chemically and is used in some alloys; is obtained as a by-product in refining molybdenum
  • et
  • pethe 17th letter of the Hebrew alphabet