ALIENATE is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. ALIENATE 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 ALIENATE?
| 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: 45 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ALIENATE is to know. It scores 8 from 8 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 8.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ALIENATE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ALIENATE scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in ALIENATE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 2 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so ALIENATE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does ALIENATE mean in Scrabble?
verb
To make someone feel unfriendly, isolated or estranged, or in law to transfer property to another person.
To alienate people is to push them away, often without meaning to, through harsh words or neglect. The legal sense is narrower and refers to handing over ownership of property rights.
How ALIENATE is used
Alienate is used about relationships and groups, and in legal writing about transfers of property.
- Constant criticism can alienate even loyal friends.
- The new rules threatened to alienate many voters.
- The deed allowed the owner to alienate the land.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ALIENATE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ALIENATE
2 longer words begin with ALIENATE.
Shorter words from the letters in ALIENATE
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Common questions about ALIENATE
- Is ALIENATE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ALIENATE, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ALIENATE worth?
- ALIENATE is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ALIENATE mean?
- To make someone feel unfriendly, isolated or estranged, or in law to transfer property to another person.
- What letters can be added to ALIENATE?
- ALIENATE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of ALIENATE:
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