AURATE is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. AURATE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 6 points in Scrabble and 7 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept AURATE?
| 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 AURATE is to know. It scores 6 from 6 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 7.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for AURATE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How AURATE scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in AURATE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 2 | 9 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 19,162.
What does AURATE mean in Scrabble?
noun
chemistryhistorical
A salt formed by combining auric acid with a base.
Aurate names salts built from auric acid, the acid form of trivalent gold, in the same pattern as sulphate names salts of sulphuric acid. Nineteenth-century chemistry texts list aurate of potassium and aurate of sodium among compounds studied for their unusual color and reactivity with gold. Modern inorganic chemistry mostly describes these compounds as gold oxides or auric complexes instead, so aurate now reads as an older, more classical label. The word survives chiefly in historical chemistry texts and in word lists built from them.
How AURATE is used
Historical chemistry term; found in older texts on gold compounds rather than in current chemical literature.
- The old textbook lists aurate of potassium among gold compounds.
- Aurate forms when auric acid reacts with a suitable base.
- Chemists once studied aurate salts for their striking color.
- The word aurate rarely appears in a modern chemistry classroom.
- An aurate compound of sodium was described in an 1880s paper.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of AURATE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with AURATE
2 longer words begin with AURATE.
Shorter words from the letters in AURATE
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Common questions about AURATE
- Is AURATE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts AURATE, where it scores 7 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is AURATE worth?
- AURATE is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does AURATE mean?
- A salt formed by combining auric acid with a base.
- What letters can be added to AURATE?
- AURATE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of AURATE:
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