HUMATE is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. HUMATE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept HUMATE?
| 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: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful HUMATE is to know. It scores 11 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HUMATE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
humatesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How HUMATE scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in HUMATE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 114,974.
What does HUMATE mean in Scrabble?
noun
chemistry
A salt or ester formed from humic acid, the dark substance found in decayed plant matter.
A humate is what you get when humic acid reacts with a metal or an alcohol. Humates occur naturally in peat, brown coal and rich topsoil, and they give such materials their dark colour. Farmers and gardeners buy humate products to loosen heavy soil and help it hold nutrients.
How HUMATE is used
Mostly met in soil science, farming and chemistry, often in the phrase humate fertilizer.
- The grower mixed a little humate into the sandy bed before planting.
- A potassium humate solution turned the water the colour of strong tea.
- Each bag of humate on the shelf listed its source as leonardite.
- The lab report found humate bound to iron in the sample.
- Without any humate, the pale soil drained too quickly.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HUMATE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with HUMATE
1 longer words begin with HUMATE.
Shorter words from the letters in HUMATE
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Common questions about HUMATE
- Is HUMATE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts HUMATE, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is HUMATE worth?
- HUMATE is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HUMATE mean?
- A salt or ester formed from humic acid, the dark substance found in decayed plant matter.
- What letters can be added to HUMATE?
- HUMATE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of HUMATE:
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