Definition of predilection

"predilection" in the noun sense

1. predilection, preference, orientation

a predisposition in favor of something

"a predilection for expensive cars"

"his sexual preferences"

"showed a Marxist orientation"

2. preference, penchant, predilection, taste

a strong liking

"my own preference is for good literature"

"the Irish have a penchant for blarney"

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predilection in Scrabble®

The word predilection is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 17

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Play In The Letters predilection:

PREDILECTION
(189)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (95 words)

centred, citrine, codeine, coterie, crinoid, decline, deplore, diction, dietine, diopter, dioptre, diorite, droplet, edition, eidetic, elector, eleidin, eloined, encoder, encored, enteric, enticed, enticer, epidote, incited, inciter, inditer, inepter, lectern, lection, lenited, lintier, liriope, nepotic, nitride, noticed, pedicel, pedicle, pelitic, penlite, pentode, percent, peridot, periled, perlite, petiole, picrite, pierced, piloted, pinitol, pioneer, ploidic, pointed, pointer, policed, politer, politic, porcine, portend, precent, precode, predict, preedit, prelect, prenote, pretend, printed, proceed, proline, protein, receipt, recited, recline, reclone, redline, redpole, relined, reoiled, repiled, repilot, repined, replied, repoint, reptile, retiled, retinol, ripened, riptide, tendril, tepider, terpine, tiderip, topline, tripled, tripole

 

All Scrabble® Plays For The Word predilection

PREDILECTION
(189)
PREDILECTION
(180)
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(126)
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The 200 Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays For Words Using The Letters In predilection

PREDILECTION
(189)
PREDILECTION
(180)
PREDILECTION
(126)
PREDILECTION
(120)
PROCEED
(98 = 48 + 50)
PRECODE
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PLOIDIC
(98 = 48 + 50)
PREDICT
(98 = 48 + 50)
POLICED
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PEDICLE
(98 = 48 + 50)
PIERCED
(98 = 48 + 50)
PEDICEL
(98 = 48 + 50)
PRECODE
(95 = 45 + 50)
PLOIDIC
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PROCEED
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PRECODE
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PRECODE
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PIERCED
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PIERCED
(95 = 45 + 50)
PLOIDIC
(95 = 45 + 50)
PEDICLE
(95 = 45 + 50)
PROCEED
(95 = 45 + 50)
PEDICEL
(95 = 45 + 50)
PREDICT
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POLICED
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PREDICT
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PROCEED
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POLICED
(95 = 45 + 50)
PEDICEL
(95 = 45 + 50)
PEDICLE
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NEPOTIC
(94 = 44 + 50)
PRECENT
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PICRITE
(94 = 44 + 50)
PELITIC
(94 = 44 + 50)
POLITIC
(94 = 44 + 50)
PORCINE
(94 = 44 + 50)
PRELECT
(94 = 44 + 50)
RECEIPT
(94 = 44 + 50)
PERCENT
(94 = 44 + 50)
PLOIDIC
(92 = 42 + 50)
POLICED
(92 = 42 + 50)
PELITIC
(92 = 42 + 50)
POLITIC
(92 = 42 + 50)
PICRITE
(92 = 42 + 50)
NEPOTIC
(92 = 42 + 50)
NEPOTIC
(92 = 42 + 50)
PELITIC
(92 = 42 + 50)
PORCINE
(92 = 42 + 50)
RECEIPT
(92 = 42 + 50)
PORCINE
(92 = 42 + 50)
RECEIPT
(92 = 42 + 50)
PICRITE
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PORCINE
(92 = 42 + 50)
POLITIC
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PROCEED
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PEDICEL
(92 = 42 + 50)
PERCENT
(92 = 42 + 50)
PREDICT
(92 = 42 + 50)
PERCENT
(92 = 42 + 50)
PRECODE
(92 = 42 + 50)
PRECENT
(92 = 42 + 50)
PIERCED
(92 = 42 + 50)
PRELECT
(92 = 42 + 50)
PREDILECTION
(92)
PRELECT
(92 = 42 + 50)
PEDICLE
(92 = 42 + 50)
PREDICT
(92 = 42 + 50)
PRECENT
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PRECENT
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PERCENT
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RECITED
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PREEDIT
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PILOTED
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RIPTIDE
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PENTODE
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DIOPTER
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PERILED
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DICTION
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PORTEND
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REPILED
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CODEINE
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PRETEND
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REPINED
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CENTRED
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TRIPLED
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CRINOID
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REPLIED
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TIDERIP
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EIDETIC
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RIPENED
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ENCODER
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PERIDOT
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PRINTED
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DROPLET
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ENTICED
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DECLINE
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ENCORED
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INCITED
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REDPOLE
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EPIDOTE
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TEPIDER
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POINTED
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NOTICED
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DIOPTRE
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DEPLORE
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CENTRED
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INCITED
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PROCEED
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TRIPLED
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DEPLORE
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PRECODE
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CODEINE
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PREDICT
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PREEDIT
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PIERCED
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DROPLET
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PEDICLE
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ENTICED
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PREDICT
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PENTODE
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DICTION
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PIERCED
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PEDICLE
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PREDICT
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PEDICEL
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PIERCED
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PREDICT
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REPINED
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PRECODE
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PEDICEL
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REDPOLE
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TIDERIP
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PEDICLE
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PRECODE
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TRIPLED
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PRECODE
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DIOPTER
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PROCEED
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POLICED
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DIOPTER
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POLICED
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RECITED
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DECLINE
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ENCORED
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POLICED
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PERILED
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POINTED
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REPILED
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POLICED
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ENCODER
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NOTICED
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TEPIDER
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POINTER
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REPOINT
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POLITER
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POLITIC
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POLITIC
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PEDICEL
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PREDICT
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POLITER
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PREDICT
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REPTILE
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DROPLET
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PILOTED
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PEDICLE
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TERPINE
(86 = 36 + 50)

predilection in Words With Friends™

The word predilection is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 21

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Play In The Letters predilection:

PREDILECTION
(297)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (95 words)

centred, citrine, codeine, coterie, crinoid, decline, deplore, diction, dietine, diopter, dioptre, diorite, droplet, edition, eidetic, elector, eleidin, eloined, encoder, encored, enteric, enticed, enticer, epidote, incited, inciter, inditer, inepter, lectern, lection, lenited, lintier, liriope, nepotic, nitride, noticed, pedicel, pedicle, pelitic, penlite, pentode, percent, peridot, periled, perlite, petiole, picrite, pierced, piloted, pinitol, pioneer, ploidic, pointed, pointer, policed, politer, politic, porcine, portend, precent, precode, predict, preedit, prelect, prenote, pretend, printed, proceed, proline, protein, receipt, recited, recline, reclone, redline, redpole, relined, reoiled, repiled, repilot, repined, replied, repoint, reptile, retiled, retinol, ripened, riptide, tendril, tepider, terpine, tiderip, topline, tripled, tripole

 

All Words With Friends™ Plays For The Word predilection

PREDILECTION
(297)
PREDILECTION
(261)
PREDILECTION
(225)
PREDILECTION
(225)
PREDILECTION
(186)
PREDILECTION
(174)
PREDILECTION
(104)
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(96)
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(88)
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(84)
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(84)
PREDILECTION
(66)
PREDILECTION
(54)
PREDILECTION
(50)
PREDILECTION
(50)
PREDILECTION
(50)
PREDILECTION
(50)
PREDILECTION
(31)
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(24)
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(24)
PREDILECTION
(23)

The 200 Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays Using The Letters In predilection

PREDILECTION
(297)
PREDILECTION
(261)
PREDILECTION
(225)
PREDILECTION
(225)
PREDILECTION
(186)
PREDILECTION
(174)
PICRITE
(122 = 87 + 35)
POLICED
(116 = 81 + 35)
PEDICLE
(116 = 81 + 35)
PLOIDIC
(116 = 81 + 35)
PEDICEL
(116 = 81 + 35)
PEDICEL
(116 = 81 + 35)
POLICED
(116 = 81 + 35)
PRECODE
(113 = 78 + 35)
PELITIC
(113 = 78 + 35)
PIERCED
(113 = 78 + 35)
POLITIC
(113 = 78 + 35)
PREDICT
(113 = 78 + 35)
PRECENT
(113 = 78 + 35)
PRELECT
(113 = 78 + 35)
PERCENT
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PORCINE
(113 = 78 + 35)
NEPOTIC
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DECLINE
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PLOIDIC
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PEDICLE
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PINITOL
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PRECODE
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NEPOTIC
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PERCENT
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PILOTED
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PORCINE
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PRECENT
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PROCEED
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PRECENT
(107 = 72 + 35)
PROCEED
(107 = 72 + 35)
CODEINE
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POLITIC
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PENLITE
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PROCEED
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DEPLORE
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PENTODE
(107 = 72 + 35)
REDPOLE
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LECTION
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PORCINE
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PERCENT
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PIERCED
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PELITIC
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ENTICED
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PRECODE
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PREDICT
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PRELECT
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NOTICED
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LECTERN
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CENTRED
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DICTION
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RECEIPT
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PLOIDIC
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TERPINE
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PEDICEL
(104 = 69 + 35)
POLITER
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PREDILECTION
(104)
INEPTER
(104 = 69 + 35)
ELECTOR
(104 = 69 + 35)
TRIPOLE
(104 = 69 + 35)
EPIDOTE
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PLOIDIC
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RECEIPT
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PEDICLE
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POLICED
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PERCENT
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PORCINE
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PRELECT
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PROCEED
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NEPOTIC
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PERCENT
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TRIPLED
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PRECENT
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PIERCED
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DROPLET
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PORTEND
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TOPLINE
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PROLINE
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PREDICT
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PORCINE
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PERCENT
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REDPOLE
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POLITIC
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RIPENED
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RECLINE
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PROCEED
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REPINED
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PRETEND
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ENCORED
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PRECODE
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PELITIC
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POINTED
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PRECODE
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PELITIC
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REPLIED
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CRINOID
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PERILED
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PRINTED
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POLITIC
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ENCODER
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REPILED
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PERLITE
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PETIOLE
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RECITED
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PICRITE
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ENTERIC
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ENTICER
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INCITER
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DIOPTRE
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TEPIDER
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ELECTOR
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PIONEER
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PEDICLE
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DIOPTER
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TIDERIP
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RECEIPT
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DIOPTRE
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TERPINE
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POINTER
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PLOIDIC
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DECLINE
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RIPTIDE
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TRIPOLE
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EIDETIC
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PREEDIT
(98 = 63 + 35)
PROTEIN
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PERIDOT
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DIOPTER
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PREDILECTION
(96)
PLOIDIC
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PLOIDIC
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PLOIDIC
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RECLONE
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DROPLET
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CRINOID
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PINITOL
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REDPOLE
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PEDICLE
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PEDICEL
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PEDICLE
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PRELECT
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CODEINE
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PORTEND
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PEDICEL
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REPINED
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TOPLINE
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ELECTOR
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ELECTOR
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PEDICEL
(92 = 57 + 35)
PEDICEL
(92 = 57 + 35)

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