AMBULATE is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. AMBULATE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept AMBULATE?
| 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: 44 / 100
Our own measure of how useful AMBULATE is to know. It scores 12 from 8 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for AMBULATE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How AMBULATE scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in AMBULATE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 2 | 9 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so AMBULATE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does AMBULATE mean in Scrabble?
verb
formal
To walk or move about from place to place.
Ambulate is the stiff, clinical way of saying walk, favoured by nurses and doctors who encourage patients to get up after an operation. Used in everyday speech it sounds comic or pompous.
How AMBULATE is used
Ambulate appears in medical charts and in humorous, overly formal writing.
- The nurse asked him to ambulate down the corridor twice a day.
- Patients should ambulate as soon as they feel able.
- We watched the tourists ambulate lazily along the pier.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of AMBULATE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with AMBULATE
2 longer words begin with AMBULATE.
Shorter words from the letters in AMBULATE
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Common questions about AMBULATE
- Is AMBULATE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts AMBULATE, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is AMBULATE worth?
- AMBULATE is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does AMBULATE mean?
- To walk or move about from place to place.
- What letters can be added to AMBULATE?
- AMBULATE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of AMBULATE:
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