DISTILLATE is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. DISTILLATE 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 DISTILLATE?
| 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: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DISTILLATE is to know. It scores 11 from 10 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DISTILLATE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
distillatesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How DISTILLATE scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in DISTILLATE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 1 | 4 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| t | 2 | 6 |
| l | 2 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so DISTILLATE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does DISTILLATE mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
The purified liquid obtained by condensing vapour during distillation.
The distillate is what drips from the condenser once a mixture has been boiled. Whisky, essential oils and petrol fractions are all distillates of some kind. By extension, a distillate can be a concentrated essence of a larger body of ideas.
How DISTILLATE is used
The word distillate is used in chemistry, spirits making and oil refining.
- The clear distillate was collected in a glass flask.
- Diesel is a middle distillate of crude oil.
- The book is a distillate of thirty years of teaching.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DISTILLATE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with DISTILLATE
1 longer words begin with DISTILLATE.
Shorter words from the letters in DISTILLATE
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Common questions about DISTILLATE
- Is DISTILLATE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DISTILLATE, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DISTILLATE worth?
- DISTILLATE is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DISTILLATE mean?
- The purified liquid obtained by condensing vapour during distillation.
- What letters can be added to DISTILLATE?
- DISTILLATE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of DISTILLATE:
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