FILIATE is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. FILIATE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept FILIATE?
| 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: 57 / 100
Our own measure of how useful FILIATE is to know. It scores 10 from 7 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 7.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for FILIATE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How FILIATE scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in FILIATE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| f | 1 | 2 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 85,774.
What does FILIATE mean in Scrabble?
verb
legalrare
To establish legally who is the father of a child, or to join as a branch or member.
Older legal writing uses filiate for deciding the parentage of a child born outside marriage. In other settings, it can mean to affiliate one body with another.
How FILIATE is used
Filiate is a rare technical verb, mostly met in legal history and formal prose.
- The court was asked to filiate the child to the named man.
- Records were used to filiate the boy within the family.
- The society chose to filiate the new club to its main branch.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of FILIATE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with FILIATE
2 longer words begin with FILIATE.
Shorter words from the letters in FILIATE
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Common questions about FILIATE
- Is FILIATE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts FILIATE, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is FILIATE worth?
- FILIATE is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does FILIATE mean?
- To establish legally who is the father of a child, or to join as a branch or member.
- What letters can be added to FILIATE?
- FILIATE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of FILIATE:
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