ACERVATE is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. ACERVATE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ACERVATE?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 42 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ACERVATE is to know. It scores 13 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 7.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ACERVATE
No single letter turns ACERVATE into another word.
How ACERVATE scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in ACERVATE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 2 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| v | 1 | 2 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so ACERVATE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does ACERVATE mean in Scrabble?
adjective
botany
Growing in heaps or in tightly packed clusters.
Botanists and mycologists use acervate for growth that piles up in mounds, as with some fungi. The word comes from the Latin for a heap, and is rarely used outside specialist descriptions.
How ACERVATE is used
Technical term in biology, mostly describing fungi and plant growth.
- The fungus formed acervate masses on the rotting log.
- Acervate colonies spread across the damp bark.
- The sample showed an acervate pattern under the microscope.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ACERVATE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ACERVATE
1 longer words begin with ACERVATE.
Shorter words from the letters in ACERVATE
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Common questions about ACERVATE
- Is ACERVATE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ACERVATE, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ACERVATE worth?
- ACERVATE is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ACERVATE mean?
- Growing in heaps or in tightly packed clusters.
- What letters can be added to ACERVATE?
- No single letter can be added to ACERVATE to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of ACERVATE:
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