ADUMBRATE is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. ADUMBRATE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ADUMBRATE?
| 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: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ADUMBRATE is to know. It scores 14 from 9 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ADUMBRATE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ADUMBRATE scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in ADUMBRATE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 2 | 9 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so ADUMBRATE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does ADUMBRATE mean in Scrabble?
verb
formal
To outline something roughly, or to hint at a thing that is still to come.
To adumbrate a plan is to sketch its main shape without filling in the details. The word also appears when early events seem to foreshadow a larger development.
How ADUMBRATE is used
A formal, somewhat literary verb used in essays and speeches.
- The memo seeks to adumbrate the main policy goals.
- Early signs of the crisis adumbrate worse trouble ahead.
- He tried to adumbrate his idea in a few lines.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ADUMBRATE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ADUMBRATE
2 longer words begin with ADUMBRATE.
Shorter words from the letters in ADUMBRATE
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Common questions about ADUMBRATE
- Is ADUMBRATE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ADUMBRATE, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ADUMBRATE worth?
- ADUMBRATE is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ADUMBRATE mean?
- To outline something roughly, or to hint at a thing that is still to come.
- What letters can be added to ADUMBRATE?
- ADUMBRATE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of ADUMBRATE:
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