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Is preceptor a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word preceptor is a Scrabble US word. The word preceptor is worth 15 points in Scrabble:

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Is preceptor a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word preceptor is a Scrabble UK word and has 15 points:

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Yes. The word preceptor is a Words With Friends word. The word preceptor is worth 18 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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9-letter words (1 found)

PRECEPTOR,

8-letter words (1 found)

RECEPTOR,

7-letter words (5 found)

CROPPER,ERECTOR,PERCEPT,PORRECT,PRECEPT,

6-letter words (11 found)

COPPER,COPTER,PERTER,PORTER,PRETOR,PROPER,RECEPT,RECTOR,REPORT,RETORE,TOPPER,

5-letter words (25 found)

COPER,CORER,CREEP,CREPE,CREPT,CRORE,EPOPT,ERECT,OPEPE,OPTER,PERCE,PETER,PETRE,PORER,PREOP,PRORE,RECTO,REPOT,REPRO,RETRO,ROPER,TERCE,TOPEE,TOPER,TROPE,

4-letter words (40 found)

CEPE,CERE,CERO,CERT,CETE,COPE,CORE,COTE,CREE,CROP,PEEP,PEER,PEPO,PERC,PERE,PERP,PERT,POEP,POET,POPE,PORE,PORT,POTE,PREE,PREP,PROP,REPO,REPP,RETE,ROPE,RORE,RORT,ROTE,TEER,TOPE,TORC,TORE,TORR,TREE,TROP,

3-letter words (36 found)

CEE,CEP,COP,COR,COT,ECO,ERE,ERR,OPE,OPT,ORC,ORE,ORT,PEC,PEE,PEP,PER,PET,POP,POT,PRE,PRO,REC,REE,REO,REP,RET,ROC,ROE,ROT,TEC,TEE,TOC,TOE,TOP,TOR,

2-letter words (11 found)

EE,ER,ET,OE,OP,OR,PE,PO,RE,TE,TO,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 131 words from preceptor according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of preceptor

preceptor

Alternative forms

  • præceptor (archaic)
  • præceptour (obsolete, rare)
  • preceptour (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English preceptor, preceptur, from Latin praeceptor (“commander; instructor”), from the verb praecipiō + -or (“-er: forming agent nouns”), from prae- (“pre-, fore-: before”) + capiō (“to take; to get, to take in, to understand”).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /pɹɪˈsɛp.tə/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈpɹiˌsɛp.tɚ/
  • (General Australian) IPA(key): /pɹɪˈsep.tə/

Noun

preceptor (plural preceptors)

  1. A teacher or tutor. [from 15th c.]
  2. (historical) The head of a preceptory of Knights Templar. [from 15th c.]
  3. (medicine, chiefly US) A doctor who gives practical training to medical students, nurses etc. [from 19th c.]
    Coordinate term: orientee

Derived terms

  • preceptress
  • preceptorship

Anagrams

  • perceptor

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French précepteur, from Latin praeceptor.

Noun

preceptor m (plural preceptori)

  1. private tutor

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin praeceptor.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Spain) /pɾeθebˈtoɾ/ [pɾe.θeβ̞ˈt̪oɾ]
  • IPA(key): (Latin America) /pɾesebˈtoɾ/ [pɾe.seβ̞ˈt̪oɾ]
  • Rhymes: -oɾ
  • Syllabification: pre‧cep‧tor

Noun

preceptor m (plural preceptores, feminine preceptora, feminine plural preceptoras)

  1. preceptor
  2. (now chiefly Latin America) teacher

Derived terms

Related terms

Further reading

  • “preceptor”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Source: wiktionary.org