CLATHRATE is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. CLATHRATE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CLATHRATE?
| 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 CLATHRATE is to know. It scores 14 from 9 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CLATHRATE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
clathratesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CLATHRATE scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in CLATHRATE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| t | 2 | 6 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so CLATHRATE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does CLATHRATE mean in Scrabble?
noun
chemistry
A chemical compound in which small molecules are trapped inside a cage-like crystal lattice of another substance.
Methane clathrate, found in cold seabed sediment, holds gas inside a framework of ice. Nothing is chemically bonded; the guest molecules are simply held in the gaps. As an adjective the word also describes things shaped like a net or lattice.
How CLATHRATE is used
Clathrate is a chemistry and earth-science term, often seen in methane clathrate.
- Methane clathrate lies frozen beneath the ocean floor.
- The lab studied how a clathrate stores gas in ice crystals.
- Warming seas could release gas locked in a clathrate.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CLATHRATE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with CLATHRATE
1 longer words begin with CLATHRATE.
Shorter words from the letters in CLATHRATE
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Common questions about CLATHRATE
- Is CLATHRATE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CLATHRATE, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CLATHRATE worth?
- CLATHRATE is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CLATHRATE mean?
- A chemical compound in which small molecules are trapped inside a cage-like crystal lattice of another substance.
- What letters can be added to CLATHRATE?
- CLATHRATE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of CLATHRATE:
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