AGNATE is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. AGNATE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept AGNATE?
| 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: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful AGNATE is to know. It scores 7 from 6 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 7.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for AGNATE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How AGNATE scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in AGNATE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 2 | 9 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 25,550.
What does AGNATE mean in Scrabble?
noun
legal
A relative descended from the same male ancestor through an unbroken line of males.
Older inheritance law often distinguished an agnate, related purely through fathers and sons, from a cognate, related through either parent. Roman law in particular gave an agnate priority in matters of guardianship and inheritance. A family historian tracing an agnate line follows only the male descendants back through the generations.
How AGNATE is used
A term from law and genealogy, rare in everyday conversation.
- Her cousin on her father's side was her nearest agnate.
- The court had to determine whether the claimant was truly an agnate of the deceased.
- Roman inheritance rules gave an agnate priority over more distant kin.
- He traced his agnate line back five generations through the male descendants.
- Two brothers and their sons all counted as agnates of the same family.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of AGNATE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with AGNATE
1 longer words begin with AGNATE.
Shorter words from the letters in AGNATE
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Common questions about AGNATE
- Is AGNATE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts AGNATE, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is AGNATE worth?
- AGNATE is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does AGNATE mean?
- A relative descended from the same male ancestor through an unbroken line of males.
- What letters can be added to AGNATE?
- AGNATE takes 2 hooks: 1 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of AGNATE:
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