CUPULATE is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. CUPULATE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CUPULATE?
| 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: 37 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CUPULATE is to know. It scores 12 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CUPULATE
No single letter turns CUPULATE into another word.
How CUPULATE scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in CUPULATE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| u | 2 | 4 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so CUPULATE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does CUPULATE mean in Scrabble?
adjective
botany
Shaped like a small cup, or bearing small cup-like structures.
Botanists call an acorn husk cupulate because it forms a little cup around the nut. The word is more specific than a plain description of a bowl shape.
How CUPULATE is used
Botanical term for small cup-shaped parts of plants and fungi.
- The oak produces a cupulate husk around each acorn.
- A cupulate fruit hung from the branch.
- Under the lens the cupulate rim was clearly visible.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CUPULATE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in CUPULATE
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Common questions about CUPULATE
- Is CUPULATE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CUPULATE, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CUPULATE worth?
- CUPULATE is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CUPULATE mean?
- Shaped like a small cup, or bearing small cup-like structures.
- What letters can be added to CUPULATE?
- No single letter can be added to CUPULATE to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of CUPULATE:
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