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Is prepare a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word prepare is a Scrabble US word. The word prepare is worth 11 points in Scrabble:

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Is prepare a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word prepare is a Scrabble UK word and has 11 points:

P3R1E1P3A1R1E1

Is prepare a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word prepare is a Words With Friends word. The word prepare is worth 13 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

P4R1E1P4A1R1E1

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7-letter words (3 found)

PAPERER,PREPARE,REPAPER,

6-letter words (3 found)

RAPPEE,RAPPER,REAPER,

5-letter words (8 found)

ARERE,PAPER,PARER,PEARE,PEREA,RAPER,RAPPE,RAREE,

4-letter words (17 found)

APER,PAPE,PARE,PARP,PARR,PEAR,PEEP,PEER,PERE,PERP,PREE,PREP,RAPE,RARE,REAP,REAR,REPP,

3-letter words (17 found)

APE,APP,ARE,EAR,ERA,ERE,ERR,PAP,PAR,PEA,PEE,PEP,PER,PRE,RAP,REE,REP,

2-letter words (8 found)

AE,AR,EA,EE,ER,PA,PE,RE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 57 words from prepare according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of prepare

prepare

Etymology

Partially a back-formation from preparation; and partially borrowed from Middle French preparer, from Classical Latin praeparāre (“make ready in advance”), from prae- (“pre-”) + parāre (“make ready”). Compare Middle English preparaten (“to prepare”).

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /pɹɪˈpɛə/, /pɹɪˈpɛː/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /pɹɪˈpɛ(ə)ɹ/, /pɹəˈpɛ(ə)ɹ/
  • Rhymes: -ɛə(ɹ)

Verb

prepare (third-person singular simple present prepares, present participle preparing, simple past and past participle prepared)

  1. (transitive) To make ready for a specific future purpose; to set up; to assemble or equip.
  2. (transitive) To make ready for eating or drinking; to cook.
  3. (intransitive) To make oneself ready; to get ready, make preparation.
  4. (transitive) To produce or make by combining elements; to synthesize, compound.

Usage notes

  • This is a catenative verb that can take a following verb in its to + infinitive form. See Appendix:English catenative verbs

Synonyms

  • busk (obsolete), graith (obsolete), ready, yark (obsolete)
  • (To make oneself ready): get ready

Derived terms

Related terms

  • preparation
  • preparatory

Translations

Noun

prepare

  1. (obsolete) preparation

Anagrams

  • paperer, repaper

Galician

Verb

prepare

  1. inflection of preparar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French préparer (“prepare”), from Latin praeparāre (“make ready in advance”), from prae- (“pre-”) + parāre (“make ready”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pɣepaɣe/

Verb

prepare

  1. prepare

Portuguese

Verb

prepare

  1. inflection of preparar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Romanian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [preˈpare]

Verb

prepare

  1. third-person singular/plural present subjunctive of prepara

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pɾeˈpaɾe/ [pɾeˈpa.ɾe]
  • Rhymes: -aɾe
  • Syllabification: pre‧pa‧re

Verb

prepare

  1. inflection of preparar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Source: wiktionary.org