ADULTERER is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. ADULTERER is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ADULTERER?
| 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: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ADULTERER is to know. It scores 10 from 9 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 7.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ADULTERER
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
adulterersChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ADULTERER scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in ADULTERER, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| r | 2 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so ADULTERER has to be built on the board across turns.
What does ADULTERER mean in Scrabble?
noun
A person who has a sexual relationship with someone other than their husband or wife.
An adulterer is judged by the law or the moral code of a society, and in some historical periods the word came with severe punishments. In modern writing it appears mostly in history, religion and legal discussion.
How ADULTERER is used
Formal or literary, mostly in legal, religious and historical texts.
- In the old story the adulterer was driven out of the village.
- The law of that age treated every adulterer with harsh penalties.
- The novel follows an adulterer who cannot escape his guilt.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ADULTERER and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ADULTERER
1 longer words begin with ADULTERER.
Shorter words from the letters in ADULTERER
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Common questions about ADULTERER
- Is ADULTERER valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ADULTERER, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ADULTERER worth?
- ADULTERER is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ADULTERER mean?
- A person who has a sexual relationship with someone other than their husband or wife.
- What letters can be added to ADULTERER?
- ADULTERER takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of ADULTERER:
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