ALBATA is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. ALBATA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ALBATA?
| 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: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ALBATA is to know. It scores 8 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ALBATA
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
albatasChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ALBATA scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in ALBATA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 3 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 295,648.
What stands out about ALBATA
- ALBATA begins and ends with the same letter.
- The same 6 tiles also spell 2 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does ALBATA mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A silvery-white alloy of nickel, copper, and zinc that resembles silver and was once widely shaped into cutlery, teapots, and other tableware.
Despite its silvery look, albata contains no actual silver; the alloy earned its bright finish purely from the mix of nickel, copper, and zinc that makes it up. Manufacturers valued albata because it took a high polish and resisted tarnishing far better than cheaper base metals, making it a popular, affordable substitute for solid silver goods in the nineteenth century. The same alloy is also known by other names, including German silver and nickel silver, all describing essentially the same silvery, silver-free metal.
How ALBATA is used
A specialist metallurgical term, met mainly in descriptions of antique cutlery, plate, and other silver-look tableware.
- The auction listed a set of albata spoons from the 1870s.
- Albata takes a bright polish despite containing no silver at all.
- Collectors prize well-preserved albata teapots from that era.
- The catalog described the tray as albata rather than solid silver.
- Workshops once turned out albata forks by the thousand.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ALBATA and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of ALBATA
The 6 tiles of ALBATA in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with ALBATA
1 longer words begin with ALBATA.
Shorter words from the letters in ALBATA
Common questions about ALBATA
- Is ALBATA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ALBATA, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ALBATA worth?
- ALBATA is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ALBATA mean?
- A silvery-white alloy of nickel, copper, and zinc that resembles silver and was once widely shaped into cutlery, teapots, and other tableware.
- What letters can be added to ALBATA?
- ALBATA takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of ALBATA:
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