Is “Premiss” a Scrabble word?
Yes
PREMISS
Valid in at least one Scrabble dictionary
Valid in these dictionaries
SOWPODS / CSW
Scrabble UK & International
TWL / NWL
Scrabble North America
Large English Dictionary
General English word list
Meaning of Premiss
noun
1.A proposition antecedently supposed or proved; something previously stated or assumed as the basis of further argument; a condition; a supposition.
2.Any of the first propositions of a syllogism, from which the conclusion is deduced.
3.(usually in the plural) Matters previously stated or set forth; especially, that part in the beginning of a deed, the office of which is to express the grantor and grantee, and the land or thing granted or conveyed, and all that precedes the habendum; the thing demised or granted.
verb
1.To state or assume something as a proposition to an argument.
2.To make a premise.
3.To set forth beforehand, or as introductory to the main subject; to offer previously, as something to explain or aid in understanding what follows.