ACIERATE is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. ACIERATE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ACIERATE?
| 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: 47 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ACIERATE is to know. It scores 10 from 8 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 8.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ACIERATE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ACIERATE scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in ACIERATE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 2 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so ACIERATE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does ACIERATE mean in Scrabble?
verb
rare
To convert iron into steel.
Metalworkers of earlier times used acierate for the hardening of iron by adding carbon. It survives in dictionaries and old technical books more than in modern workshops. Today the plain word steel and the term carburise cover the same ground.
How ACIERATE is used
Rare and technical; takes iron as its object.
- The smith learned to acierate iron in a charcoal furnace.
- They would acierate the blade before quenching it.
- Old texts describe how to acierate a bar of wrought iron.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ACIERATE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ACIERATE
2 longer words begin with ACIERATE.
Shorter words from the letters in ACIERATE
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Common questions about ACIERATE
- Is ACIERATE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ACIERATE, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ACIERATE worth?
- ACIERATE is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ACIERATE mean?
- To convert iron into steel.
- What letters can be added to ACIERATE?
- ACIERATE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of ACIERATE:
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