Preps
/pɹɛps/
Scrabble:9 ptsWWF:11 pts5 letters
Definition of Preps
noun
- A preventative medical regiment of HIV medicines used to protect against HIV seroconversion after an exposure.
"Some doctors will prescribe pre-exposure prophylaxis to promiscuous people that have a hard time controlling themselves or their condom usage to prevent them from getting AIDS."
noun
- Preparation.
- A prep school.
- A student or graduate of a prep school, a preppy.
- Homework, work set to do outside class time, used widely in public schools and preparatory schools but not state schools.
- Preparatory level; the last two levels or the fourth and fifth years of preschool; the two levels before first grade.
verb
- To prepare.
noun
- (grammar, strict sense) Any of a class of non-inflecting words typically employed to connect a following noun or a pronoun, in an adjectival or adverbial sense, with some other word: a particle used with a noun or pronoun (in English always in the objective case) to make a phrase limiting some other word.
- A proposition; an exposition; a discourse.
Anagrams of Preps
Related Word Patterns
Synonyms & Antonyms
SYNONYMS
Letter Values
p3
r1
e1
p3
s1
Total: 9 Scrabble points
Rhymes With Preps
Word Validity & Sources
SOWPODS (International Scrabble): Valid
TWL (US/Canada Scrabble): Valid
Words With Friends: Valid
Last verified: December 2024
Dictionary data sourced from SOWPODS (178,691 words), combining TWL (Tournament Word List) and the Collins Scrabble Words dictionary. Definitions from Free Dictionary API and Wordnik.
About the Word "Preps"
Preps is a 5-letter word that scores 9 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words With Friends. The letters in "preps" can be rearranged to form 2 other valid words.
Using "Preps" in Word Games
When playing Scrabble or Words With Friends, "preps" is a low-scoring word.