HAMATE is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. HAMATE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept HAMATE?
| 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: 36 / 100
Our own measure of how useful HAMATE is to know. It scores 11 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HAMATE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
hamatesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How HAMATE scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in HAMATE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 1 | 2 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 114,974.
What does HAMATE mean in Scrabble?
noun
medical
A small wedge-shaped bone of the wrist, on the little-finger side, with a hook-like projection.
The hamate is one of the eight carpal bones, lying below the fourth and fifth fingers, and its hook is an attachment point for muscles that move the little finger. Doctors pay it attention because the hook can break in golfers, baseball players and others who grip a club or bat hard. As an adjective the word means hooked at the tip, and botanists use it of hairs or spines shaped like that.
How HAMATE is used
Medical and anatomical; also a technical adjective in botany for hooked structures.
- The X-ray showed a fracture of the hamate.
- A golfer can injure the hamate by hitting the ground with a club.
- The hamate sits next to the pisiform in the wrist.
- She studied the hamate in her anatomy class.
- The surgeon removed the broken hook of the hamate.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HAMATE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of HAMATE
The 6 tiles of HAMATE in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with HAMATE
1 longer words begin with HAMATE.
Shorter words from the letters in HAMATE
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Common questions about HAMATE
- Is HAMATE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts HAMATE, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is HAMATE worth?
- HAMATE is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HAMATE mean?
- A small wedge-shaped bone of the wrist, on the little-finger side, with a hook-like projection.
- What letters can be added to HAMATE?
- HAMATE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of HAMATE:
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