BIFORATE is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. BIFORATE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BIFORATE?
| 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: 41 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BIFORATE is to know. It scores 13 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BIFORATE
No single letter turns BIFORATE into another word.
How BIFORATE scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in BIFORATE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| f | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so BIFORATE has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about BIFORATE
- All 8 letters of BIFORATE are different — nothing repeats.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does BIFORATE mean in Scrabble?
adjective
technical
Pierced by two holes or openings.
Biforate appears in botany and anatomy, where a structure with two pores needs a precise label. It is built from the Latin for two and for bored through.
How BIFORATE is used
Biforate is a rare technical adjective.
- The biforate shell had two neat openings near the top.
- Under the lens the biforate membrane showed a pair of pores.
- He described the leaf tip as biforate.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BIFORATE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of BIFORATE
The 8 tiles of BIFORATE in a different order — 1 found.
Shorter words from the letters in BIFORATE
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Common questions about BIFORATE
- Is BIFORATE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BIFORATE, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BIFORATE worth?
- BIFORATE is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BIFORATE mean?
- Pierced by two holes or openings.
- What letters can be added to BIFORATE?
- No single letter can be added to BIFORATE to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of BIFORATE:
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