CARPELLATE is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. CARPELLATE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 18 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CARPELLATE?
| 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: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CARPELLATE is to know. It scores 14 from 10 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CARPELLATE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
carpellatesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CARPELLATE scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in CARPELLATE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| l | 2 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so CARPELLATE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does CARPELLATE mean in Scrabble?
adjective
botany
Having carpels, the female seed-bearing parts of a flower.
A carpellate flower bears the female organs and may lack stamens entirely. Botanists use carpellate when describing species whose flowers are of separate sexes.
How CARPELLATE is used
Carpellate is a technical botanical term, often paired with staminate.
- The carpellate flowers sit on separate plants from the male ones.
- A carpellate bloom has a swollen base that will become fruit.
- The key described the species as carpellate.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CARPELLATE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with CARPELLATE
1 longer words begin with CARPELLATE.
Shorter words from the letters in CARPELLATE
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Common questions about CARPELLATE
- Is CARPELLATE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CARPELLATE, where it scores 18 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CARPELLATE worth?
- CARPELLATE is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CARPELLATE mean?
- Having carpels, the female seed-bearing parts of a flower.
- What letters can be added to CARPELLATE?
- CARPELLATE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of CARPELLATE:
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