CERATE is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. CERATE 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 CERATE?
| 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: 41 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CERATE is to know. It scores 8 from 6 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 7.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CERATE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CERATE scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in CERATE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 27,873.
What stands out about CERATE
- The same 6 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 CERATE mean in Scrabble?
noun
medicalhistorical
A thick, wax-based ointment, firmer than a typical cream, once widely used for applying medicine to the skin.
A cerate gets its name from the Latin word for wax, cera, because beeswax or a similar hard fat was melted together with oils and medicinal ingredients to give the mixture a firm, spreadable body that would not simply run off the skin. Apothecaries and doctors used cerates for centuries to treat burns, sores and skin irritations, spreading them onto cloth or directly onto the affected area. They sit between a soft ointment and a solid plaster in consistency, holding their shape better than either. Modern pharmacy has mostly replaced cerates with creams and gels, so the word now appears chiefly in older medical texts.
How CERATE is used
Chiefly historical, met in older pharmacy and medical writing rather than in current prescriptions.
- The apothecary mixed beeswax and oil to prepare a soothing cerate.
- An old recipe called for a cerate spread thickly on linen.
- The nurse applied a cerate to the healing burn.
- Pharmacy students studied how a cerate differs from an ointment.
- The physician's notes described a cerate made for chapped skin.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CERATE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of CERATE
The 6 tiles of CERATE in a different order — 3 found.
Words starting with CERATE
2 longer words begin with CERATE.
Shorter words from the letters in CERATE
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Common questions about CERATE
- Is CERATE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CERATE, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CERATE worth?
- CERATE is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CERATE mean?
- A thick, wax-based ointment, firmer than a typical cream, once widely used for applying medicine to the skin.
- What letters can be added to CERATE?
- CERATE takes 3 hooks: 1 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of CERATE:
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