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Is prime a Scrabble word?

Yes, prime is a valid Scrabble word! Worth 9 points in Scrabble.

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What is the meaning of prime?

Definition

adj (English)

1. (mathematics, lay) Having exactly two integral factors: itself and unity (1 in the case of integers).Examples: "Thirteen is a prime number."Synonyms: indivisible

2. (mathematics, technical) Such that if it divides a product, it divides one of the multiplicands.

3. (algebra, of an ideal) Having its complement closed under multiplication.

4. (algebra, of a nonzero module) Such that the annihilator of any nonzero submodule is equal to the annihilator of the whole module.

5. (obsolete) Lecherous, lewd, lustful.Examples: "It is impoſſible you ſhould ſee this, / Were they as prime as Goates, as hot as Monkies, / As ſalt as Wolues, in pride; and fooles as groſſe / As ignorance made drunke: [...]"obsolete

noun (English)

1. (historical) The first hour of daylight; the first canonical hour.Examples: "His larum bell might lowd and wyde be hard, When cause requyrd, but neuer out of time; Early and late it rong, at euening and at prime."historical

2. (Christianity) The religious service appointed to this hour.

3. (obsolete) The early morning generally.Examples: "They all as glad, as birdes of ioyous Pryme […]"Synonyms: early morningobsolete

4. (now rare) The earliest stage of something.Examples: "To this end we see how quickly sundry artes Mechanical were found out in the very prime of the world."; "1645, Edmund Waller, “To a very young Lady” (earlier title: “To my young Lady Lucy Sidney”) in Poems, &c. Written upon Several Occasions, and to Several Persons, London: H. Herringman, 1686, p. 101, Hope waits upon the flowry prime,"archaic

5. (music) The first note or tone of a musical scale.

6. (fencing) The first defensive position, with the sword hand held at head height, and the tip of the sword at head height.

verb (English)

1. (transitive) To fill or prepare the chamber of a mechanism for its main work.Examples: "You'll have to press this button twice to prime the fuel pump."transitive

2. (transitive) To apply a coat of primer paint to.Examples: "I need to prime these handrails before we can apply the finish coat."Synonyms: ground, undercoattransitive

3. (obsolete, intransitive) To be renewed.Examples: "Nights baſhfull Empreſſe, though ſhe often wayne, / As oft repents her darkneſſe ; primes againe ; / And with her circling Hornes does re-embrace / Her brothers wealth, and orbs her ſilver face."intransitiveobsolete

4. (intransitive) To serve as priming for the charge of a gun.intransitive

5. (intransitive, of a steam boiler) To work so that foaming occurs from too violent ebullition, which causes water to become mixed with, and be carried along with, the steam that is formed.Examples: "Although we took our eight bogies along to Whitstable at 60 m.p.h., and made a clean start from there, after Herne Bay the engine primed badly on Blacksole Bank and nearly stopped before we got over the top. Then we ran like the wind across the marshes with half-regulator, 30 per cent cut-off, and the engine blowing off."intransitive

6. (archaic) To instruct beforehand, as for an examination; to coach.Examples: "to prime a witness"archaic

noun (English)

1. (cycling) An intermediate sprint within a race, usually offering a prize and/or points.Examples: "Most primes are won with gaps on the field; most sprints are in bunches."

Definition source: Wiktionary

What Scrabble words can I make with the letters in "prime"?

How many Scrabble points is the word "prime"?

Scrabble
9 points
P3
R1
I1
M3
E1
Words With Friends
11 points
P4
R1
I1
M4
E1

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