preliminary

1. Prior to or preparing for the main matter, action, or business; introductory or prefatory.

2. Coming before and usually forming a necessary to something else .

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1. An academic test or examination that is preparatory to one that is longer, more complex, or more important.

2. Printing The front matter of a book. Often used in the plural.

3. Something that precedes, prepares for, or introduces the main matter, action, or business.

4. Sports A contest to determine the finalists in a competition.

5. Sports An event that precedes the main event of a particular program, especially in boxing or wrestling.

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Top Words by points	Points	Word Game
preliminary	18	Scrabble

2 Letters	Scrabble® Points
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ar	2
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ne	2
pa	4
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re	2
ya	5
ye	5

3 Letters	Scrabble® Points
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4 Letters	Scrabble® Points
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5 Letters	Scrabble® Points
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6 Letters	Scrabble® Points
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yarner	9

7 Letters	Scrabble® Points
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ramilie	9

8 Letters	Scrabble® Points
airliner	8
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imperial	12

9 Letters	Scrabble® Points
primarily	16

11 Letters	Scrabble® Points
preliminary	18