ADULTERINE is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. ADULTERINE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ADULTERINE?
| 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: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ADULTERINE is to know. It scores 11 from 10 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 7.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ADULTERINE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
adulterinesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ADULTERINE scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in ADULTERINE, 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 | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so ADULTERINE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does ADULTERINE mean in Scrabble?
adjective
rarelegalhistorical
Born of adultery, or spurious and unlicensed in the eyes of the law.
In old legal writing an adulterine child was one conceived outside marriage. The adjective also stretched to cover unauthorised things, such as castles built without royal permission. Today adulterine is rare outside history books.
How ADULTERINE is used
The adjective adulterine is used in historical and legal texts for illegitimate or unlicensed things.
- The chronicler called the unlicensed fortress an adulterine castle.
- Medieval law treated an adulterine heir with suspicion.
- Many adulterine guilds were fined for trading without a charter.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ADULTERINE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ADULTERINE
1 longer words begin with ADULTERINE.
Shorter words from the letters in ADULTERINE
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Common questions about ADULTERINE
- Is ADULTERINE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ADULTERINE, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ADULTERINE worth?
- ADULTERINE is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ADULTERINE mean?
- Born of adultery, or spurious and unlicensed in the eyes of the law.
- What letters can be added to ADULTERINE?
- ADULTERINE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of ADULTERINE:
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