BATE is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. BATE 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 BATE?
| 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: 41 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BATE is to know. It scores 6 from 4 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 7.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BATE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BATE scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in BATE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 3,026.
What stands out about BATE
- The same 4 tiles also spell 3 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 BATE mean in Scrabble?
verb
archaicliterary
To moderate or lessen the force or intensity of something, especially in the phrase with bated breath.
To bate is an old, shortened form of abate: a speaker who asked someone to bate their anger was asking them to hold it back or make it weaker. Falconers also used bate for a hawk that flaps its wings wildly when tied to the perch, trying to fly off after prey. The word now survives mostly in the fixed phrase with bated breath and in older writing.
How BATE is used
Mostly literary or archaic; rarely used outside the fixed phrase bated breath.
- She could hardly bate her impatience while waiting for the results.
- He asked the crowd to bate their voices during the ceremony.
- The falconer explained why a hawk will bate against its jesses.
- Fear made her bate her breath rather than speak.
- The old phrase to bate one's breath means to hold it back in suspense.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BATE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of BATE
The 4 tiles of BATE in a different order — 3 found.
Words starting with BATE
9 longer words begin with BATE.
Words ending in BATE
Showing 24 of 48 words that end in BATE. Useful as a back hook: play BATE onto a word already on the board.
Words with BATE inside
Showing 24 of 88 words that contain BATE somewhere in the middle. Words that start with BATE are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in BATE
Common questions about BATE
- Is BATE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BATE, where it scores 7 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BATE worth?
- BATE is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BATE mean?
- To moderate or lessen the force or intensity of something, especially in the phrase with bated breath.
- What letters can be added to BATE?
- BATE takes 3 hooks: 1 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of BATE:
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