private

1. Belonging to a particular person or persons, as opposed to the public or the government: private property.

2. Conducted and supported primarily by individuals or groups not affiliated with governmental agencies or corporations: a private college; a private sanatorium.

3. Enrolled in or attending a private school: a private student.

4. Not appropriate for use or display in public; intimate: private behavior; a private tragedy.

5. Not available for public use, control, or participation: a private club; a private party.

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1. Go private To take a publicly owned company into private ownership, as by a leveraged buyout.

2. In private Not in public; secretly or confidentially.

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1. A noncommissioned rank in the U.S. Army or Marine Corps that is below private first class.

2. One who holds this rank or a similar rank in a military organization.

3. Private parts. Often used with the.

4. One not in public office.

5. A person of low rank in various organizations (as a police or fire department).

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Top Words by points	Points	Word Game
private	12	Scrabble

2 Letters	Scrabble® Points
ae	2
ai	2
ar	2
at	2
er	2
et	2
it	2
pa	4
pe	4
pi	4
re	2
ta	2
te	2
ti	2

3 Letters	Scrabble® Points
air	3
ait	3
ape	5
apt	5
are	3
art	3
ate	3
ave	6
ear	3
eat	3
era	3
eta	3
ire	3
par	5
pat	5
pea	5
per	5
pet	5
pia	5
pie	5
pit	5
rai	3
rap	5
rat	3
rei	3
rep	5
ret	3
rev	6
ria	3
rip	5
tae	3
tap	5
tar	3
tav	6
tea	3
tie	3
tip	5
var	6
vat	6
vet	6
via	6
vie	6

4 Letters	Scrabble® Points
airt	4
aper	6
aver	7
pair	6
pare	6
part	6
pate	6
pave	9
pear	6
peat	6
peri	6
pert	6
perv	9
pier	6
pita	6
prat	6
rape	6
rapt	6
rate	4
rave	7
reap	6
ripe	6
rite	4
rive	7
tape	6
tare	4
tarp	6
tear	4
tepa	6
tier	4
tire	4
trap	6
trip	6
vair	7
vape	9
vera	7
vert	7
vier	7
vita	7
arie	4

5 Letters	Scrabble® Points
aiver	8
apter	7
atrip	7
avert	8
irate	5
parve	10
pater	7
paver	10
peart	7
pieta	7
prate	7
retia	5
rivet	8
taper	7
tapir	7
terai	5
trave	8
tripe	7
vaper	10
viper	10
vitae	8

6 Letters	Scrabble® Points
pirate	8
pratie	8
privet	11

7 Letters	Scrabble® Points
private	12