BLAT is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. BLAT is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 6 points in Scrabble and 8 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BLAT?
| 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: 36 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BLAT is to know. It scores 6 from 4 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 5.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BLAT
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BLAT scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in BLAT, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 9,077.
What does BLAT mean in Scrabble?
verb
informal
To make a loud, harsh, bleating or blaring noise.
The word first described the cry of a sheep or calf, a short, coarse bleat, and later spread to any similarly abrupt, unpleasant sound, such as a horn, an engine, or a loudspeaker. Informally it can also mean to blurt something out thoughtlessly, in the same rough, unguarded way that an animal blats.
How BLAT is used
Informal; more common in North American speech than in careful writing.
- The calf began to blat for its mother.
- An old horn would blat every time the door opened.
- He tends to blat out whatever comes into his head.
- The engine let out a blat as it started.
- A goat will blat loudly if left alone in the field.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BLAT and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with BLAT
Showing 24 of 29 words that begin with BLAT.
Words with BLAT inside
Showing 24 of 37 words that contain BLAT somewhere in the middle. Words that start with BLAT are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in BLAT
Common questions about BLAT
- Is BLAT valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BLAT, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BLAT worth?
- BLAT is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BLAT mean?
- To make a loud, harsh, bleating or blaring noise.
- What letters can be added to BLAT?
- BLAT takes 3 hooks: 0 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of BLAT:
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