AFFRICATE is a valid Scrabble word — 17 points
Yes. AFFRICATE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 17 points in Scrabble and 18 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept AFFRICATE?
| 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 AFFRICATE is to know. It scores 17 from 9 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for AFFRICATE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How AFFRICATE scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in AFFRICATE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 2 | 9 |
| f | 2 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so AFFRICATE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does AFFRICATE mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A consonant sound that starts as a stop and is released as a fricative.
English has two affricates, the sounds at the start of church and judge. Linguists write each affricate as a pair of symbols joined together. The word can also be a verb meaning to pronounce a consonant that way.
How AFFRICATE is used
Affricate belongs to phonetics and is rarely met outside linguistics books.
- The first sound in chair is an affricate.
- German has an affricate spelled with the letters pf.
- Each affricate combines a stop with a hissing release.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of AFFRICATE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with AFFRICATE
2 longer words begin with AFFRICATE.
Shorter words from the letters in AFFRICATE
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Common questions about AFFRICATE
- Is AFFRICATE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts AFFRICATE, where it scores 18 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is AFFRICATE worth?
- AFFRICATE is worth 17 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends.
- What does AFFRICATE mean?
- A consonant sound that starts as a stop and is released as a fricative.
- What letters can be added to AFFRICATE?
- AFFRICATE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of AFFRICATE:
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