GLACIATE is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. GLACIATE 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 GLACIATE?
| 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: 45 / 100
Our own measure of how useful GLACIATE is to know. It scores 11 from 8 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for GLACIATE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How GLACIATE scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in GLACIATE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| g | 1 | 3 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so GLACIATE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does GLACIATE mean in Scrabble?
verb
technical
To cover with glaciers or ice, or to alter land through the action of ice.
Geologists say a region was glaciated when ice sheets once overlay it and scoured the valleys into broad U-shapes. The verb can also describe something freezing over, though that use is rarer.
How GLACIATE is used
Glaciate is most often seen in its past participle, glaciated, in geology.
- Ice sheets would glaciate the northern plains for millennia.
- The valley was glaciated long before humans arrived.
- Cold summers began to glaciate the highest peaks.
- Scientists study how glaciers glaciate a landscape.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of GLACIATE and 4 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with GLACIATE
2 longer words begin with GLACIATE.
Shorter words from the letters in GLACIATE
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Common questions about GLACIATE
- Is GLACIATE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts GLACIATE, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is GLACIATE worth?
- GLACIATE is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does GLACIATE mean?
- To cover with glaciers or ice, or to alter land through the action of ice.
- What letters can be added to GLACIATE?
- GLACIATE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of GLACIATE:
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