CREPITATE is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. CREPITATE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CREPITATE?
| 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: 37 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CREPITATE is to know. It scores 13 from 9 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 7.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CREPITATE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CREPITATE scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in CREPITATE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| t | 2 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so CREPITATE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does CREPITATE mean in Scrabble?
verb
technical
To make a series of small, sharp, crackling sounds.
Things that crepitate pop and crackle quickly, such as salt thrown on a fire or dry bones moving in a joint. Medical writers say tissue or a joint may crepitate when pressed. The verb is the action, and crepitant is its adjective.
How CREPITATE is used
Crepitate is a rare verb, mostly medical or scientific.
- The logs began to crepitate in the grate.
- His stiff knee would crepitate whenever he knelt.
- Salt will crepitate when it is heated on a hot pan.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CREPITATE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with CREPITATE
2 longer words begin with CREPITATE.
Shorter words from the letters in CREPITATE
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Common questions about CREPITATE
- Is CREPITATE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CREPITATE, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CREPITATE worth?
- CREPITATE is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CREPITATE mean?
- To make a series of small, sharp, crackling sounds.
- What letters can be added to CREPITATE?
- CREPITATE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of CREPITATE:
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