GRADABLE is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. GRADABLE 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 GRADABLE?
| 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: 42 / 100
Our own measure of how useful GRADABLE is to know. It scores 12 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for GRADABLE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
gradablesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How GRADABLE scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in GRADABLE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| g | 1 | 3 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so GRADABLE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does GRADABLE mean in Scrabble?
adjective
technical
Able to be graded, or, in grammar, able to be used in comparative and superlative forms.
Linguists call an adjective such as warm gradable because you can say warmer or very warm, unlike dead or unique. In schools and farms the word simply means something that can be given a mark or a quality rank.
How GRADABLE is used
Gradable is chiefly a linguistic term, with a plainer sense in grading and sorting.
- Tall is a gradable adjective, since someone can be taller.
- The eggs were sorted into gradable sizes.
- Only gradable work counts toward the final mark.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of GRADABLE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with GRADABLE
3 longer words begin with GRADABLE.
Shorter words from the letters in GRADABLE
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Common questions about GRADABLE
- Is GRADABLE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts GRADABLE, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is GRADABLE worth?
- GRADABLE is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does GRADABLE mean?
- Able to be graded, or, in grammar, able to be used in comparative and superlative forms.
- What letters can be added to GRADABLE?
- GRADABLE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of GRADABLE:
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