BENEFICIATE is a valid Scrabble word — 18 points
Yes. BENEFICIATE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 18 points in Scrabble and 21 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BENEFICIATE?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 39 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BENEFICIATE is to know. It scores 18 from 11 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 7.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BENEFICIATE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BENEFICIATE scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in BENEFICIATE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| e | 3 | 12 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| f | 1 | 2 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so BENEFICIATE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does BENEFICIATE mean in Scrabble?
verb
technical
To treat a raw ore or material so that its quality improves before further processing.
To beneficiate ore is to concentrate it, for example by crushing, washing or separating it, so that smelting becomes cheaper. The word belongs to mining and mineral engineering and rarely leaves them.
How BENEFICIATE is used
Used in mining and metallurgy about preparing ore for smelting.
- The company plans to beneficiate the iron ore on site.
- Rather than export raw rock, the country wants to beneficiate its minerals at home.
- They beneficiate the coal by washing out the dirt and shale.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BENEFICIATE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with BENEFICIATE
2 longer words begin with BENEFICIATE.
Shorter words from the letters in BENEFICIATE
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Common questions about BENEFICIATE
- Is BENEFICIATE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BENEFICIATE, where it scores 21 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BENEFICIATE worth?
- BENEFICIATE is worth 18 points in Scrabble and 21 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BENEFICIATE mean?
- To treat a raw ore or material so that its quality improves before further processing.
- What letters can be added to BENEFICIATE?
- BENEFICIATE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of BENEFICIATE:
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