ELUVIATE is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. ELUVIATE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ELUVIATE?
| 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 ELUVIATE 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 ELUVIATE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ELUVIATE scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in ELUVIATE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| e | 2 | 12 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| v | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so ELUVIATE has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about ELUVIATE
- ELUVIATE begins and ends with the same letter.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does ELUVIATE mean in Scrabble?
verb
technical
To wash fine particles or dissolved material out of a layer of soil.
Soils eluviate when heavy rain carries clay or minerals downward from an upper layer. The material removed usually settles lower down, where it makes a different horizon.
How ELUVIATE is used
Soil science verb, related to the noun eluviation.
- Heavy rain made the topsoil eluviate over centuries.
- Sandy layers eluviate more quickly than clay.
- Iron can eluviate from the upper horizon.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ELUVIATE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ELUVIATE
2 longer words begin with ELUVIATE.
Shorter words from the letters in ELUVIATE
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Common questions about ELUVIATE
- Is ELUVIATE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ELUVIATE, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ELUVIATE worth?
- ELUVIATE is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ELUVIATE mean?
- To wash fine particles or dissolved material out of a layer of soil.
- What letters can be added to ELUVIATE?
- ELUVIATE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of ELUVIATE:
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