FULGURATE is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. FULGURATE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept FULGURATE?
| 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: 33 / 100
Our own measure of how useful FULGURATE is to know. It scores 13 from 9 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 5.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for FULGURATE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How FULGURATE scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in FULGURATE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| f | 1 | 2 |
| u | 2 | 4 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so FULGURATE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does FULGURATE mean in Scrabble?
verb
literary
To flash like lightning; also, in medicine, to destroy small areas of tissue with an electric current.
Fulgurate is rare in ordinary speech. Poets use it for sudden flashes of light, while surgeons use the medical sense when they burn away small growths with a current. Both meanings rely on the idea of a lightning-like jolt.
How FULGURATE is used
Literary in general use; technical in medicine.
- Distant storms seemed to fulgurate along the horizon.
- The surgeon chose to fulgurate the small growth rather than cut it out.
- Her eyes could fulgurate when she was angry.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of FULGURATE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with FULGURATE
2 longer words begin with FULGURATE.
Shorter words from the letters in FULGURATE
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Common questions about FULGURATE
- Is FULGURATE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts FULGURATE, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is FULGURATE worth?
- FULGURATE is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does FULGURATE mean?
- To flash like lightning; also, in medicine, to destroy small areas of tissue with an electric current.
- What letters can be added to FULGURATE?
- FULGURATE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of FULGURATE:
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