CALCEATE is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. CALCEATE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CALCEATE?
| 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 CALCEATE is to know. It scores 12 from 8 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 7.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CALCEATE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CALCEATE scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in CALCEATE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 2 | 2 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so CALCEATE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does CALCEATE mean in Scrabble?
adjective
rare
Wearing shoes, especially of members of a religious order who do not go barefoot.
Calceate is mostly met in the contrast between shod and unshod friars, where the opposite word is discalced. Outside church history it is a very rare, bookish term.
How CALCEATE is used
Used in writing about religious orders and church history.
- The calceate monks wore plain leather sandals.
- A calceate branch of the order split from the barefoot one.
- The calceate brothers looked down on the discalced reformers.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CALCEATE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with CALCEATE
2 longer words begin with CALCEATE.
Shorter words from the letters in CALCEATE
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Common questions about CALCEATE
- Is CALCEATE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CALCEATE, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CALCEATE worth?
- CALCEATE is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CALCEATE mean?
- Wearing shoes, especially of members of a religious order who do not go barefoot.
- What letters can be added to CALCEATE?
- CALCEATE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of CALCEATE:
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