ATE is a valid Scrabble word — 3 points
Yes. ATE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 3 points in Scrabble and 3 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ATE?
| 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: 54 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ATE is to know. It scores 3 from 3 tiles, takes 15 hooks, and its letters make up 9.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ATE
Front hooks — 14
bateBack hooks — 1
atesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ATE scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in ATE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 250.
What stands out about ATE
- The same 3 tiles also spell 4 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does ATE mean in Scrabble?
verb
To eat — the past form.
Ate is pronounced two ways in Britain and one way in America, and the British split is old enough that neither side can call the other wrong. The vowel change follows the same pattern as give and gave.
How ATE is used
Past tense of eat. The participle is eaten.
- They ate at six and were hungry again by nine.
- The word ate has two pronunciations in Britain.
- She ate nothing and said she had eaten already.
- Ate follows the same vowel pattern as gave.
- Nobody ate the thing that had been made specially.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ATE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of ATE
The 3 tiles of ATE in a different order — 4 found.
Words starting with ATE
18 longer words begin with ATE.
Words ending in ATE
Showing 24 of 2531 words that end in ATE. Useful as a back hook: play ATE onto a word already on the board.
Words with ATE inside
Showing 24 of 5672 words that contain ATE somewhere in the middle. Words that start with ATE are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in ATE
Common questions about ATE
- Is ATE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ATE, where it scores 3 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ATE worth?
- ATE is worth 3 points in Scrabble and 3 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ATE mean?
- To eat — the past form.
- What letters can be added to ATE?
- ATE takes 15 hooks: 14 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of ATE:
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