DEPREDATORY is a valid Scrabble word — 18 points
Yes. DEPREDATORY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 18 points in Scrabble and 18 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept DEPREDATORY?
| 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: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DEPREDATORY is to know. It scores 18 from 11 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DEPREDATORY
No single letter turns DEPREDATORY into another word.
How DEPREDATORY scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in DEPREDATORY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 2 | 4 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| r | 2 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so DEPREDATORY has to be built on the board across turns.
What does DEPREDATORY mean in Scrabble?
adjective
formal
Involving plunder, pillage or the preying on others.
Something depredatory leaves ruin behind it, whether a raiding band, a predatory animal or a ruthless business. The word is stronger and rarer than destructive. It often appears in historical or legal prose.
How DEPREDATORY is used
Formal and rather rare; found in historical writing.
- The village suffered from depredatory raids each autumn.
- The company was accused of depredatory pricing.
- Depredatory bands stripped the valley of its cattle.
- Farmers set traps against the depredatory fox.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DEPREDATORY and 4 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in DEPREDATORY
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Common questions about DEPREDATORY
- Is DEPREDATORY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DEPREDATORY, where it scores 18 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DEPREDATORY worth?
- DEPREDATORY is worth 18 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DEPREDATORY mean?
- Involving plunder, pillage or the preying on others.
- What letters can be added to DEPREDATORY?
- No single letter can be added to DEPREDATORY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of DEPREDATORY:
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