ACUATE is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. ACUATE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ACUATE?
| 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: 39 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ACUATE is to know. It scores 8 from 6 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 7.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ACUATE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ACUATE scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in ACUATE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 2 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 57,487.
What does ACUATE mean in Scrabble?
adjective
technicalrare
Narrowing gradually to a sharp point, like the tip of a needle; sharply pointed.
Botanists and zoologists use acuate mainly to describe a leaf, spine, or similar part that tapers evenly to a fine point rather than ending abruptly or bluntly. The word is close in meaning to acute, and today it survives chiefly in older or specialist descriptive writing rather than in ordinary speech. A structure called acuate is easy to picture: something long and narrow that comes to a needle-like tip at one end.
How ACUATE is used
A rare, mainly technical adjective from descriptive botany and zoology, seldom met outside specialist field guides.
- The guide described the leaf as acuate, tapering to a fine point.
- Under the lens, the insect's bristle looked distinctly acuate.
- An acuate tip let the seed pod pierce the soft ground easily.
- Older manuals use acuate where a modern text would simply say pointed.
- She sketched the acuate outline of the unfamiliar leaf.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ACUATE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ACUATE
2 longer words begin with ACUATE.
Shorter words from the letters in ACUATE
Common questions about ACUATE
- Is ACUATE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ACUATE, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ACUATE worth?
- ACUATE is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ACUATE mean?
- Narrowing gradually to a sharp point, like the tip of a needle; sharply pointed.
- What letters can be added to ACUATE?
- ACUATE takes 3 hooks: 1 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of ACUATE:
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