EXFILTRATE is a valid Scrabble word — 20 points
Yes. EXFILTRATE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 20 points in Scrabble and 21 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept EXFILTRATE?
| 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: 41 / 100
Our own measure of how useful EXFILTRATE is to know. It scores 20 from 10 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for EXFILTRATE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How EXFILTRATE scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in EXFILTRATE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| e | 2 | 12 |
| x | 1 | 1 |
| f | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| t | 2 | 6 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so EXFILTRATE has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about EXFILTRATE
- EXFILTRATE 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 EXFILTRATE mean in Scrabble?
verb
technical
To remove a person or thing secretly from a hostile place.
To exfiltrate was originally a military and espionage idea, getting an agent out of enemy territory; it now also describes data being quietly copied out of a computer network. The sense is the reverse of infiltrate.
How EXFILTRATE is used
Common in spy fiction and in cybersecurity reports about stolen data.
- The team planned to exfiltrate the agent before dawn.
- Attackers tried to exfiltrate customer records over several weeks.
- Soldiers were ordered to exfiltrate through the northern pass.
- Monitoring tools flag any attempt to exfiltrate files.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of EXFILTRATE and 4 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with EXFILTRATE
2 longer words begin with EXFILTRATE.
Shorter words from the letters in EXFILTRATE
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Common questions about EXFILTRATE
- Is EXFILTRATE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts EXFILTRATE, where it scores 21 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is EXFILTRATE worth?
- EXFILTRATE is worth 20 points in Scrabble and 21 points in Words with Friends.
- What does EXFILTRATE mean?
- To remove a person or thing secretly from a hostile place.
- What letters can be added to EXFILTRATE?
- EXFILTRATE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of EXFILTRATE:
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