ERADIATE is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. ERADIATE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ERADIATE?
| 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: 49 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ERADIATE is to know. It scores 9 from 8 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 8.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ERADIATE
Front hooks — 1
reradiateChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ERADIATE scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in ERADIATE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| e | 2 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so ERADIATE has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about ERADIATE
- ERADIATE 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 ERADIATE mean in Scrabble?
verb
literary
To send out rays of light, or to shine forth brightly.
Eradiate is a rare, bookish synonym of radiate, formed with the prefix meaning out. Poets and old scientific writers used eradiate for the beaming of light from a source such as the sun.
How ERADIATE is used
Rare and literary; most speakers would simply say radiate.
- The lamp seemed to eradiate warmth across the room.
- Stars eradiate their light across vast distances.
- The saint was painted with a halo that seemed to eradiate gold.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ERADIATE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ERADIATE
2 longer words begin with ERADIATE.
Shorter words from the letters in ERADIATE
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Common questions about ERADIATE
- Is ERADIATE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ERADIATE, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ERADIATE worth?
- ERADIATE is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ERADIATE mean?
- To send out rays of light, or to shine forth brightly.
- What letters can be added to ERADIATE?
- ERADIATE takes 3 hooks: 1 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of ERADIATE:
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