HALLUCINATE is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points
Yes. HALLUCINATE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 20 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept HALLUCINATE?
| 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: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful HALLUCINATE is to know. It scores 16 from 11 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HALLUCINATE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How HALLUCINATE scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in HALLUCINATE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 1 | 2 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| l | 2 | 4 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so HALLUCINATE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does HALLUCINATE mean in Scrabble?
verb
To seem to see, hear or feel something that is not really there.
High fever, extreme exhaustion, certain drugs and some illnesses can make a person hallucinate. In computing the word is now also used for AI systems that confidently produce false information.
How HALLUCINATE is used
Hallucinate is used in medicine and everyday speech, and now in discussions of artificial intelligence.
- The patient began to hallucinate during the fever.
- Lost in the desert, he started to hallucinate water.
- Chatbots may hallucinate facts that sound entirely plausible.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HALLUCINATE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with HALLUCINATE
2 longer words begin with HALLUCINATE.
Shorter words from the letters in HALLUCINATE
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Common questions about HALLUCINATE
- Is HALLUCINATE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts HALLUCINATE, where it scores 20 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is HALLUCINATE worth?
- HALLUCINATE is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 20 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HALLUCINATE mean?
- To seem to see, hear or feel something that is not really there.
- What letters can be added to HALLUCINATE?
- HALLUCINATE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of HALLUCINATE:
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