ACCELERATE is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. ACCELERATE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ACCELERATE?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 37 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ACCELERATE is to know. It scores 14 from 10 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 7.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ACCELERATE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ACCELERATE scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in ACCELERATE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 2 | 9 |
| c | 2 | 2 |
| e | 3 | 12 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so ACCELERATE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does ACCELERATE mean in Scrabble?
verb
To move faster, or to make something happen sooner or at a higher rate.
Drivers accelerate when they press the pedal, but projects, growth and change can accelerate too. In physics the word means any change in velocity, not only speeding up.
How ACCELERATE is used
Accelerate is common in everyday speech, business, science and driving.
- The car began to accelerate on the open road.
- Warm weather will accelerate the ripening of the fruit.
- The firm plans to accelerate hiring this year.
- Gravity makes a falling stone accelerate.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ACCELERATE and 4 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ACCELERATE
2 longer words begin with ACCELERATE.
Shorter words from the letters in ACCELERATE
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Common questions about ACCELERATE
- Is ACCELERATE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ACCELERATE, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ACCELERATE worth?
- ACCELERATE is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ACCELERATE mean?
- To move faster, or to make something happen sooner or at a higher rate.
- What letters can be added to ACCELERATE?
- ACCELERATE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of ACCELERATE:
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