COMPARATOR is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points
Yes. COMPARATOR is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 19 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept COMPARATOR?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful COMPARATOR is to know. It scores 16 from 10 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for COMPARATOR
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
comparatorsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How COMPARATOR scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in COMPARATOR, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| r | 2 | 6 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so COMPARATOR has to be built on the board across turns.
What does COMPARATOR mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A device or circuit that compares two quantities, such as voltages or measurements, and reports the difference.
In electronics a comparator outputs a high or low signal depending on which input is larger. In policy writing the word has also come to mean a benchmark used for fair comparison.
How COMPARATOR is used
Used in electronics, metrology and evaluation studies.
- The comparator switched on once the voltage passed the limit.
- Researchers needed a suitable comparator for the trial.
- An optical comparator checks small parts against a template.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of COMPARATOR and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with COMPARATOR
1 longer words begin with COMPARATOR.
Shorter words from the letters in COMPARATOR
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Common questions about COMPARATOR
- Is COMPARATOR valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts COMPARATOR, where it scores 19 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is COMPARATOR worth?
- COMPARATOR is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 19 points in Words with Friends.
- What does COMPARATOR mean?
- A device or circuit that compares two quantities, such as voltages or measurements, and reports the difference.
- What letters can be added to COMPARATOR?
- COMPARATOR takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of COMPARATOR:
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