Definitions For Preliminary
noun
- Something that serves as a preceding event or introduces what follows
- A minor match preceding the main event
- Something that comes first in order to prepare for or introduce the main part of something else
- A game that is played before the main part of a competition to decide which players or teams will be allowed to continue playing
adjective
- Denoting an action or event preceding or in preparation for something more important
Is Preliminaries a Scrabble Word?
Words With Friends
YES
Scrabble US
YES
Scrabble UK
YES
English International (SOWPODS)
YES
Scrabble Global
YES
Enable1 Dictionary
YES
Points in Different Games
Scrabble
17
Words with Friends
21
The word Preliminary is worth 17 points in Scrabble and 21 points in Words with Friends
Examples of Preliminary in a Sentence
- A meeting to discuss seating arrangements that was merely a preliminary to the formal negotiating sessions
- Preliminary findings show that the drug could help patients with skin cancer.
- The team was eliminated in the preliminary round of the tournament.
- Research that is preliminary to the study