GEMINATE is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. GEMINATE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept GEMINATE?
| 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: 47 / 100
Our own measure of how useful GEMINATE is to know. It scores 11 from 8 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 7.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for GEMINATE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How GEMINATE scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in GEMINATE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| g | 1 | 3 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so GEMINATE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does GEMINATE mean in Scrabble?
verb
technical
To double a sound or to arrange things in pairs.
In phonetics, a consonant is said to geminate when it is held twice as long, as in Italian notte. Botanists also describe leaves or flowers that geminate when they grow in matching pairs.
How GEMINATE is used
Geminate is a technical verb used mostly in linguistics and botany.
- In Finnish, many consonants geminate to change meaning.
- The speaker tended to geminate the middle consonant.
- The buds geminate along the stem in early spring.
- Some dialects geminate sounds that others pronounce singly.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of GEMINATE and 4 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with GEMINATE
3 longer words begin with GEMINATE.
Shorter words from the letters in GEMINATE
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Common questions about GEMINATE
- Is GEMINATE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts GEMINATE, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is GEMINATE worth?
- GEMINATE is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does GEMINATE mean?
- To double a sound or to arrange things in pairs.
- What letters can be added to GEMINATE?
- GEMINATE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of GEMINATE:
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