BLOVIATE is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. BLOVIATE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BLOVIATE?
| 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: 47 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BLOVIATE is to know. It scores 13 from 8 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BLOVIATE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BLOVIATE scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in BLOVIATE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| v | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so BLOVIATE has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about BLOVIATE
- All 8 letters of BLOVIATE are different — nothing repeats.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does BLOVIATE mean in Scrabble?
verb
informalhumorous
To talk at great length in a pompous, empty way.
Bloviate is applied to speakers who enjoy their own voices, especially politicians and commentators. It is more mocking than simply to talk long, because the speech has little substance.
How BLOVIATE is used
Bloviate is mildly humorous or critical and typically used about someone else.
- The senator likes to bloviate on every subject.
- Don't bloviate; just give me the numbers.
- Uncle Joe will bloviate for an hour about his garden.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BLOVIATE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with BLOVIATE
2 longer words begin with BLOVIATE.
Shorter words from the letters in BLOVIATE
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Common questions about BLOVIATE
- Is BLOVIATE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BLOVIATE, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BLOVIATE worth?
- BLOVIATE is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BLOVIATE mean?
- To talk at great length in a pompous, empty way.
- What letters can be added to BLOVIATE?
- BLOVIATE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of BLOVIATE:
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