DATELINE is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. DATELINE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept DATELINE?
| 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: 45 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DATELINE is to know. It scores 9 from 8 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 7.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DATELINE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How DATELINE scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in DATELINE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so DATELINE has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about DATELINE
- The same 8 tiles also spell 2 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 DATELINE mean in Scrabble?
noun
A line at the start of a news story giving the place and date it was written.
Reporters open a story with a dateline so readers know where the news was filed from. Separately, the international date line is the imaginary line near the 180th meridian where each calendar day begins.
How DATELINE is used
Dateline is a journalism term; as a verb it means to add that line to a story.
- The dateline read Cairo, followed by the date.
- An editor checks the dateline before an article goes to print.
- The ship crossed the dateline and lost a day.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DATELINE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of DATELINE
The 8 tiles of DATELINE in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with DATELINE
2 longer words begin with DATELINE.
Shorter words from the letters in DATELINE
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Common questions about DATELINE
- Is DATELINE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DATELINE, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DATELINE worth?
- DATELINE is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DATELINE mean?
- A line at the start of a news story giving the place and date it was written.
- What letters can be added to DATELINE?
- DATELINE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of DATELINE:
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