DEPREDATE is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. DEPREDATE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept DEPREDATE?
| 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: 38 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DEPREDATE is to know. It scores 13 from 9 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 7.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DEPREDATE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How DEPREDATE scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in DEPREDATE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 2 | 4 |
| e | 3 | 12 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so DEPREDATE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does DEPREDATE mean in Scrabble?
verb
formalliterary
To plunder or prey upon a place or people, stealing and destroying as one goes.
Depredate belongs to older and more solemn writing, usually about raiders, armies or pests that strip a region bare. It suggests repeated attacks rather than one theft. The noun depredation is far more common today.
How DEPREDATE is used
Depredate is rare in speech and mostly appears in historical or literary prose.
- Bands of raiders would depredate the coastal villages each summer.
- Locusts depredate the fields faster than farmers can respond.
- The army was ordered not to depredate the lands it crossed.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DEPREDATE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with DEPREDATE
2 longer words begin with DEPREDATE.
Shorter words from the letters in DEPREDATE
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Common questions about DEPREDATE
- Is DEPREDATE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DEPREDATE, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DEPREDATE worth?
- DEPREDATE is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DEPREDATE mean?
- To plunder or prey upon a place or people, stealing and destroying as one goes.
- What letters can be added to DEPREDATE?
- DEPREDATE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of DEPREDATE:
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