Is “Premiss” a Scrabble word?

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Yes
PREMISS
Valid in at least one Scrabble dictionary

Valid in these dictionaries

SOWPODS / CSW
Scrabble UK & International
Valid
TWL / NWL
Scrabble North America
Valid
Large English Dictionary
General English word list
Unavailable

Meaning of Premiss

noun
  1. 1.A proposition antecedently supposed or proved; something previously stated or assumed as the basis of further argument; a condition; a supposition.

  2. 2.Any of the first propositions of a syllogism, from which the conclusion is deduced.

  3. 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. 1.To state or assume something as a proposition to an argument.

  2. 2.To make a premise.

  3. 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.