ASSIMILATE is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. ASSIMILATE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ASSIMILATE?
| 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: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ASSIMILATE is to know. It scores 12 from 10 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ASSIMILATE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ASSIMILATE scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in ASSIMILATE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 2 | 9 |
| s | 2 | 4 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so ASSIMILATE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does ASSIMILATE mean in Scrabble?
verb
To take in and fully understand information, or to absorb people, ideas or nutrients into a larger whole.
Students assimilate a lesson when it sinks in rather than being memorised. Communities assimilate newcomers as they blend into the wider culture, and the body will assimilate nutrients from food during digestion.
How ASSIMILATE is used
Works for ideas, cultures and nutrition; it can also be intransitive, as when a group assimilates.
- It took weeks to assimilate all the new rules.
- Immigrant families often assimilate within two generations.
- Plants assimilate carbon dioxide through their leaves.
- The village managed to assimilate the flood of visitors.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ASSIMILATE and 4 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ASSIMILATE
2 longer words begin with ASSIMILATE.
Shorter words from the letters in ASSIMILATE
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Common questions about ASSIMILATE
- Is ASSIMILATE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ASSIMILATE, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ASSIMILATE worth?
- ASSIMILATE is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ASSIMILATE mean?
- To take in and fully understand information, or to absorb people, ideas or nutrients into a larger whole.
- What letters can be added to ASSIMILATE?
- ASSIMILATE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of ASSIMILATE:
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