foreknow

Verb

Verb Forms: foreknew, foreknown, foreknowing, foreknows

To know something in advance or beforehand; to foresee.
realize beforehand
To have knowledge of beforehand.

Examples

A truly gifted player seems to foreknow their opponent’s exact tile distribution.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English forknowen (since Chaucer), a calque from praescio equivalent to fore- + know. Replaced Old English fōrwitan, fōrewitan (“to foreknow”).

Synonyms

anticipate, foresee, previse

Scrabble Score: 18

foreknow: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
foreknow: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
foreknow: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 19

foreknow: valid Words With Friends Word