DEPILATE is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. DEPILATE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept DEPILATE?
| 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: 46 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DEPILATE is to know. It scores 11 from 8 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 7.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DEPILATE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How DEPILATE scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in DEPILATE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 1 | 4 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so DEPILATE has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about DEPILATE
- 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 DEPILATE mean in Scrabble?
verb
technical
To remove hair from the body or skin.
Beauticians depilate with wax, creams or lasers, and tanners once used lime to depilate hides before curing them. The term is more clinical than shave, since it covers methods that take hair out at the root.
How DEPILATE is used
Depilate is a formal or technical word for hair removal.
- The clinic can depilate the area with a laser in a few sessions.
- Tanners had to depilate the hides before dyeing them.
- Some swimmers depilate their legs before a race.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DEPILATE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of DEPILATE
The 8 tiles of DEPILATE in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with DEPILATE
2 longer words begin with DEPILATE.
Shorter words from the letters in DEPILATE
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Common questions about DEPILATE
- Is DEPILATE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DEPILATE, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DEPILATE worth?
- DEPILATE is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DEPILATE mean?
- To remove hair from the body or skin.
- What letters can be added to DEPILATE?
- DEPILATE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of DEPILATE:
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