BORATE is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. BORATE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BORATE?
| 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 BORATE is to know. It scores 8 from 6 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 7.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BORATE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BORATE scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in BORATE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 19,162.
What stands out about BORATE
- The same 6 tiles also spell 2 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 BORATE mean in Scrabble?
noun
chemistry
A salt or ester formed from boric acid, containing both boron and oxygen in its structure.
Borate compounds occur naturally in dried lake beds and are refined for use in cleaning products, cosmetics and fire retardants. The mineral borax is itself a well-known borate, and other borates serve as buffers in laboratories or as mild antiseptics. Chemists also use borate as a verb, meaning to treat a material with a boron compound such as borax.
How BORATE is used
Mostly a technical term used in chemistry, mineralogy and industrial cleaning products rather than everyday speech.
- The cleaning powder listed sodium borate as its main ingredient.
- Miners extract several kinds of borate from the dry lake bed each summer.
- The chemist mixed the solution with a borate buffer to stabilize its acidity.
- Firefighters use a borate spray to slow the spread of forest fires.
- She explained that borax is simply the most familiar borate found in nature.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BORATE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of BORATE
The 6 tiles of BORATE in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with BORATE
2 longer words begin with BORATE.
Shorter words from the letters in BORATE
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Common questions about BORATE
- Is BORATE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BORATE, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BORATE worth?
- BORATE is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BORATE mean?
- A salt or ester formed from boric acid, containing both boron and oxygen in its structure.
- What letters can be added to BORATE?
- BORATE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of BORATE:
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