Definitions for preteens

preteens pre·teen

Spelling: [pree-teen]
IPA: /priˈtin/

Preteens is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 217 anagrams from letters in preteens (eeenprst).

Definitions for preteens

noun

  1. Also called preteenager [pree-teen-ey-jer] /priˈtinˌeɪ dʒər/ (Show IPA), preteener. a boy or girl under the age of 13, especially one between the ages of 9 and 12.
  2. preteens, the years immediately preceding one's thirteenth birthday.

adjective

  1. designating or characteristic of a preteen or preteens:

Origin of preteens

First recorded in 1950-55; pre- + teen2

Examples for preteens

The quartet giggles like preteen girls around its idol, an unattached alpha male played by Joe Manganiello.

Sasha, now 11 years old, was no longer the impish child but a preteen with a sense of age-appropriate glamour.

My obsession with TRL, like most preteen obsessions, was entirely un-ironic.

How can we expect the preteen crowd to resist those temptations?

To give you an idea of what that means, visualize a preteen girl held down by adults.

This preteen Alice (Tina Majorino) has clearly been listening to too much Liz Phair.

Feel free to get heated about this yourself upon noticing your preteen niece texting furiously under the table.

Word Value for preteens
Scrable

9

Words with friends

11

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