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Is private a Scrabble word?

Yes, private is a valid Scrabble word! Worth 12 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 private?

Definition

adj (English)

1. (finance) Not traded by the public.Examples: "private equity"; "Private-equity nabobs bristle at being dubbed mere financiers. Piling debt onto companies’ balance-sheets is only a small part of what leveraged buy-outs are about, they insist. Improving the workings of the businesses they take over is just as core to their calling, if not more so. Much of their pleading is public-relations bluster."

2. (UK, of schools) Financially reliant on fees rather than government funding.UK

3. (not comparable, object-oriented programming) Accessible only to the class itself or instances of it, and not to other classes or even subclasses.Antonyms: public, publishednot-comparable

4. (philosophy) Of the mind or language, not in principle experienceable, knowable, or understandable by others.

noun (English)

1. (euphemistic, in the plural) The genitals.Synonyms: bits, private partseuphemisticin-plural

2. (obsolete) A secret message; a personal unofficial communication.Examples: "The Count Meloone, a Noble Lord of France, Whose priuate with me of the Dolphines loue, s much more generall, then these lines import."obsolete

3. (obsolete) Personal interest; particular business.Examples: "Nor must I be unmindful of my private."obsolete

4. (obsolete) Privacy; retirement.Examples: "Go off, I diſcard you: let me enioy my priuate: go off."obsolete

5. (obsolete) One not invested with a public office.Examples: "And what haue Kings, that Priuates haue not too,[…]"obsolete

6. (usually in the plural) A private lesson.Examples: "If you want to learn ballet, consider taking privates."plural-normally

verb (English)

1. (Internet, transitive) To make something hidden from the public (without deleting it permanently).Examples: "During these negotiations, however, the Kleins say that Hosseinzadeh issued a copyright takedown for the video — even after it had already been privated."; "Shay has also since briefly returned to social media, making a quick post on Instagram. His account was privated following his scandal in February and his Twitter remains inactive."; ""[…] IOI had no part in privating the subreddit, this was entirely the decision of the moderators, and we are just fellow fans like you who volunteer our time to help out," a moderator wrote."Internettransitive

noun (English)

1. (military) Alternative letter-case form of private.alt-of

Definition source: Wiktionary

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

How many Scrabble points is the word "private"?

Scrabble
12 points
P3
R1
I1
V4
A1
T1
E1
Words With Friends
14 points
P4
R1
I1
V4
A1
T1
E1

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