HIBERNATE is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. HIBERNATE 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 HIBERNATE?
| 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: 38 / 100
Our own measure of how useful HIBERNATE is to know. It scores 14 from 9 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 7.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HIBERNATE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How HIBERNATE scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in HIBERNATE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so HIBERNATE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does HIBERNATE mean in Scrabble?
verb
To spend the winter in a dormant, sleeplike state, as some animals do.
Bears, hedgehogs and bats hibernate to survive months when food is scarce, and their heartbeat and temperature drop sharply. Computers also hibernate, saving their work to disk and switching off. People joke that they hibernate indoors in cold weather.
How HIBERNATE is used
Hibernate is used literally for animals, and loosely for computers and for staying inactive.
- Hedgehogs hibernate under piles of leaves.
- I set the laptop to hibernate overnight.
- We tend to hibernate indoors when it snows.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HIBERNATE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of HIBERNATE
The 9 tiles of HIBERNATE in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with HIBERNATE
2 longer words begin with HIBERNATE.
Shorter words from the letters in HIBERNATE
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Common questions about HIBERNATE
- Is HIBERNATE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts HIBERNATE, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is HIBERNATE worth?
- HIBERNATE is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HIBERNATE mean?
- To spend the winter in a dormant, sleeplike state, as some animals do.
- What letters can be added to HIBERNATE?
- HIBERNATE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of HIBERNATE:
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