BATATA is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. BATATA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BATATA?
| 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: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BATATA is to know. It scores 8 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BATATA
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
batatasChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BATATA scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in BATATA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| a | 3 | 9 |
| t | 2 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 473,037.
What does BATATA mean in Scrabble?
noun
historicalCaribbean
An old name for the sweet potato, taken from the Caribbean Taino word that also gave English the word potato.
Spanish explorers borrowed batata from the Taino people of the Caribbean for the sweet-fleshed root now called the sweet potato, and the word travelled into English and several European languages before "potato" narrowed to mean the unrelated white potato instead. Early English writers used batata and potato interchangeably for the same sweet root, and only later did the two words split to name two different plants. The term survives today mainly in older texts and in some Caribbean English, where batata can still refer to the sweet potato directly.
How BATATA is used
Rare outside older writing and some Caribbean speech; modern English almost always says "sweet potato" instead.
- The old herbal listed batata among the roots brought back from the New World.
- Local cooks still call the sweet potato batata on some islands.
- Early explorers described the batata as sweeter than the common potato.
- The market stall sold batata alongside cassava and yams.
- Historians trace the English word potato back to batata.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BATATA and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with BATATA
1 longer words begin with BATATA.
Shorter words from the letters in BATATA
Common questions about BATATA
- Is BATATA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BATATA, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BATATA worth?
- BATATA is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BATATA mean?
- An old name for the sweet potato, taken from the Caribbean Taino word that also gave English the word potato.
- What letters can be added to BATATA?
- BATATA takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of BATATA:
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