HABITUATE is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. HABITUATE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept HABITUATE?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 36 / 100
Our own measure of how useful HABITUATE is to know. It scores 14 from 9 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HABITUATE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How HABITUATE scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in HABITUATE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 1 | 2 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| t | 2 | 6 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so HABITUATE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does HABITUATE mean in Scrabble?
verb
formal
To make someone or something used to a condition or practice through repeated exposure.
Habituate often appears in talk about animals, children or the body adapting to something new, such as noise, cold or a routine. It is more formal and more clinical than saying get used to. In psychology it also names the way a response fades with repetition.
How HABITUATE is used
Habituate is typically followed by to, as in habituate a puppy to traffic.
- Trainers slowly habituate young horses to the sound of crowds.
- It takes a few weeks to habituate yourself to the early start.
- Gentle handling will habituate the chicks to people.
- Doctors try to habituate patients to the treatment gradually.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HABITUATE and 4 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with HABITUATE
2 longer words begin with HABITUATE.
Shorter words from the letters in HABITUATE
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Common questions about HABITUATE
- Is HABITUATE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts HABITUATE, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is HABITUATE worth?
- HABITUATE is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HABITUATE mean?
- To make someone or something used to a condition or practice through repeated exposure.
- What letters can be added to HABITUATE?
- HABITUATE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of HABITUATE:
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