GEMMATE is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. GEMMATE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept GEMMATE?
| 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: 58 / 100
Our own measure of how useful GEMMATE is to know. It scores 12 from 7 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for GEMMATE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How GEMMATE scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in GEMMATE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| g | 1 | 3 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| m | 2 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,497 thousand.
What does GEMMATE mean in Scrabble?
verb
technical
To reproduce or grow by budding.
Yeasts and some mosses gemmate by sprouting a small outgrowth that later detaches. As an adjective gemmate describes an organism that has buds or gemmae. It is a precise biology word, not a general term for growth.
How GEMMATE is used
Gemmate is used in botany and microbiology.
- Yeast cells gemmate in warm sugar water.
- The liverwort will gemmate when the cups fill with rain.
- A gemmate fern frond sprouted tiny plantlets.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of GEMMATE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of GEMMATE
The 7 tiles of GEMMATE in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with GEMMATE
2 longer words begin with GEMMATE.
Shorter words from the letters in GEMMATE
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Common questions about GEMMATE
- Is GEMMATE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts GEMMATE, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is GEMMATE worth?
- GEMMATE is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does GEMMATE mean?
- To reproduce or grow by budding.
- What letters can be added to GEMMATE?
- GEMMATE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of GEMMATE:
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