EXUVIATE is a valid Scrabble word — 18 points
Yes. EXUVIATE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 18 points in Scrabble and 20 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept EXUVIATE?
| 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: 53 / 100
Our own measure of how useful EXUVIATE is to know. It scores 18 from 8 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for EXUVIATE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How EXUVIATE scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in EXUVIATE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| e | 2 | 12 |
| x | 1 | 1 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| v | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so EXUVIATE has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about EXUVIATE
- EXUVIATE 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 EXUVIATE mean in Scrabble?
verb
technical
To shed an outer covering such as skin or shell, as animals do when they moult.
Snakes, crabs and insects exuviate when the old covering gets too tight and a new one has formed beneath. The cast-off layer is called the exuviae. The word is far more at home in biology texts than in daily speech.
How EXUVIATE is used
Exuviate is a technical biological verb about moulting and shedding.
- The snake will exuviate several times during its first year.
- Crabs exuviate when their shell no longer fits.
- Before they exuviate, the insects stop feeding for a day.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of EXUVIATE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with EXUVIATE
2 longer words begin with EXUVIATE.
Shorter words from the letters in EXUVIATE
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Common questions about EXUVIATE
- Is EXUVIATE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts EXUVIATE, where it scores 20 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is EXUVIATE worth?
- EXUVIATE is worth 18 points in Scrabble and 20 points in Words with Friends.
- What does EXUVIATE mean?
- To shed an outer covering such as skin or shell, as animals do when they moult.
- What letters can be added to EXUVIATE?
- EXUVIATE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of EXUVIATE:
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