ARILLATE is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. ARILLATE 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 ARILLATE?
| 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: 40 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ARILLATE is to know. It scores 8 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 7.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ARILLATE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
arillatedChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How ARILLATE scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in ARILLATE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 2 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| l | 2 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so ARILLATE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does ARILLATE mean in Scrabble?
adjective
botany
Having an aril, a fleshy and often brightly coloured covering on a seed.
An arillate seed carries a bright coat that often attracts animals to eat it and carry it away. Botanists use arillate to separate such seeds from bare ones.
How ARILLATE is used
Arillate is used in botany to describe seeds with a fleshy outer cover.
- The arillate seed was bright red against the green leaves.
- An arillate fruit drew birds to the branch.
- The botanist sorted arillate and bare seeds into two trays.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ARILLATE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ARILLATE
1 longer words begin with ARILLATE.
Shorter words from the letters in ARILLATE
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Common questions about ARILLATE
- Is ARILLATE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ARILLATE, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ARILLATE worth?
- ARILLATE is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ARILLATE mean?
- Having an aril, a fleshy and often brightly coloured covering on a seed.
- What letters can be added to ARILLATE?
- ARILLATE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of ARILLATE:
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