ANTEDATE is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. ANTEDATE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ANTEDATE?
| 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: 46 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ANTEDATE is to know. It scores 9 from 8 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 8.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ANTEDATE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ANTEDATE scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in ANTEDATE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 2 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| t | 2 | 6 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so ANTEDATE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does ANTEDATE mean in Scrabble?
verb
formal
To come before something in time, or to give a document an earlier date than the real one.
Antedate has two uses. Historians say one event antedates another when it happened first, and clerks may antedate a paper by writing a date that has already passed.
How ANTEDATE is used
Antedate is a formal word used in history, law and the study of word origins.
- These cave paintings antedate the oldest known writing by thousands of years.
- It is a fraud to antedate a cheque to dodge a deadline.
- The lexicographer found a quotation that will antedate the word's first use.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ANTEDATE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ANTEDATE
2 longer words begin with ANTEDATE.
Shorter words from the letters in ANTEDATE
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Common questions about ANTEDATE
- Is ANTEDATE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ANTEDATE, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ANTEDATE worth?
- ANTEDATE is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ANTEDATE mean?
- To come before something in time, or to give a document an earlier date than the real one.
- What letters can be added to ANTEDATE?
- ANTEDATE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of ANTEDATE:
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