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precept

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Is precept a Scrabble word?

Yes, precept is a valid Scrabble word! Worth 13 points in Scrabble.

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  • Scrabble US/Canada (OTCWL) Yes
  • Scrabble UK (SOWPODS) Yes
  • Wordle No
  • Words With Friends Yes

What is the meaning of precept?

Definition

noun (English)

1. (law) A written command, especially a demand for payment.

2. (UK) An order issued by one local authority to another specifying the rate of tax to be charged on its behalf.

3. (UK) An order issued by one local authority to another specifying the rate of tax to be charged on its behalf.Examples: "The Parish Council is financed by raising a small levy - the precept - on all residential properties within the parish. http://www.medsteadpc.org/community/medstead-parish-council-12575/home"

verb (English)

1. (intransitive, chiefly US, medicine) To act as a preceptor; to teach a physician-in-training by supervising their clinical practice.

2. (transitive, obsolete) To teach (something) by precepts.Examples: "[T]he tvvo commended rules by him [Aristotle] ſet down, vvhereby the axioms of Sciences are precepted to be made convertible, and vvhich the latter men have not vvithout elegancy ſurnamed; the one the rule of truth, becauſe it preventeth deceipt; the other the rule of prudence, becauſe it freeth election, are the ſame thing in ſpeculation and affirmation, vvhich vve novv obſerve."

Definition source: Wiktionary

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

How many Scrabble points is the word "precept"?

Scrabble
13 points
p3
r1
e1
c3
e1
p3
t1
Words With Friends
16 points
p4
r1
e1
c4
e1
p4
t1

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