AESTIVATE is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. AESTIVATE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept AESTIVATE?
| 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: 37 / 100
Our own measure of how useful AESTIVATE is to know. It scores 12 from 9 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 7.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for AESTIVATE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How AESTIVATE scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in AESTIVATE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 2 | 9 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| t | 2 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| v | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so AESTIVATE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does AESTIVATE mean in Scrabble?
verb
zoologytechnical
To spend the hot or dry season in a long, sleep-like state of inactivity.
Aestivate is the summer counterpart of hibernate. Snails, lungfish and some desert animals aestivate to survive heat and drought, and in older writing it can also mean simply to pass the summer.
How AESTIVATE is used
Aestivate is used in biology; the spelling estivate is the American form.
- Desert snails aestivate under rocks.
- Lungfish aestivate in dried mud for months.
- Some insects aestivate until the rains return.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of AESTIVATE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with AESTIVATE
2 longer words begin with AESTIVATE.
Shorter words from the letters in AESTIVATE
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Common questions about AESTIVATE
- Is AESTIVATE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts AESTIVATE, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is AESTIVATE worth?
- AESTIVATE is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does AESTIVATE mean?
- To spend the hot or dry season in a long, sleep-like state of inactivity.
- What letters can be added to AESTIVATE?
- AESTIVATE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of AESTIVATE:
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