BATTEAU is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. BATTEAU is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BATTEAU?
| 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: 52 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BATTEAU is to know. It scores 9 from 7 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BATTEAU
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
batteauxChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How BATTEAU scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in BATTEAU, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| t | 2 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 308,788.
What stands out about BATTEAU
- BATTEAU runs three vowels in a row, which almost no English word does.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does BATTEAU mean in Scrabble?
noun
nautical
A light, flat-bottomed boat with tapered ends, used on rivers.
Batteau is an older spelling of a French-derived boat name, tied to river trade in North America. Such boats were poled or rowed with cargo upstream and down.
How BATTEAU is used
Batteau appears in historical accounts of river transport.
- Traders loaded furs into the batteau at dawn.
- The crew poled the batteau around the rapids.
- A batteau lay tied to the muddy bank.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BATTEAU and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with BATTEAU
1 longer words begin with BATTEAU.
Shorter words from the letters in BATTEAU
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Common questions about BATTEAU
- Is BATTEAU valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BATTEAU, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BATTEAU worth?
- BATTEAU is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BATTEAU mean?
- A light, flat-bottomed boat with tapered ends, used on rivers.
- What letters can be added to BATTEAU?
- BATTEAU takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of BATTEAU:
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