BLATE is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. BLATE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BLATE?
| 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: 44 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BLATE is to know. It scores 7 from 5 tiles, takes 5 hooks, and its letters make up 6.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BLATE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BLATE scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in BLATE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 14,523.
What stands out about BLATE
- The same 5 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 BLATE mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Scotsdialect
Shy, bashful, or reluctant to put oneself forward.
Blate describes a person too timid or modest to speak up for themselves, closer in feeling to bashful than to the more formal shy, and it is often used with a touch of gentle sympathy rather than criticism. The word remains in everyday use in Scots and some northern English dialect speech, where a blate child might be one who hangs back at the edge of a group rather than joining in. Standard English long ago settled on shy and bashful for the same idea, leaving blate as a regional survival rather than a word most English speakers would recognise.
How BLATE is used
A Scots and northern English dialect word for shy or bashful, rarely met outside regional speech and dialect writing.
- The blate wee lad hid behind his mother's coat.
- She was too blate to ask the teacher a question in front of the class.
- He'd always been blate around strangers, even as an adult.
- Don't be so blate, just go and introduce yourself.
- The old story describes a blate suitor who never found the courage to speak.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BLATE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of BLATE
The 5 tiles of BLATE in a different order — 3 found.
Words starting with BLATE
4 longer words begin with BLATE.
Words ending in BLATE
3 words end in BLATE. Useful as a back hook: play BLATE onto a word already on the board.
Words with BLATE inside
8 words contain BLATE in the middle. Words that start with BLATE are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in BLATE
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Common questions about BLATE
- Is BLATE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BLATE, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BLATE worth?
- BLATE is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BLATE mean?
- Shy, bashful, or reluctant to put oneself forward.
- What letters can be added to BLATE?
- BLATE takes 5 hooks: 2 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of BLATE:
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