HUMILIATE is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. HUMILIATE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept HUMILIATE?
| 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 HUMILIATE is to know. It scores 14 from 9 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HUMILIATE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How HUMILIATE scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in HUMILIATE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so HUMILIATE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does HUMILIATE mean in Scrabble?
verb
To make someone feel ashamed or foolish by hurting their dignity and pride.
To humiliate is to lower a person in front of others, often on purpose. Public mockery and unfair punishment are typical ways people humiliate each other. The effect usually lasts far longer than the moment itself.
How HUMILIATE is used
Humiliate takes a person as its object and implies shame before witnesses.
- The teacher should never humiliate a student in front of the class.
- He did not mean to humiliate her.
- They tried to humiliate their rivals with a crushing score.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HUMILIATE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with HUMILIATE
2 longer words begin with HUMILIATE.
Shorter words from the letters in HUMILIATE
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Common questions about HUMILIATE
- Is HUMILIATE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts HUMILIATE, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is HUMILIATE worth?
- HUMILIATE is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HUMILIATE mean?
- To make someone feel ashamed or foolish by hurting their dignity and pride.
- What letters can be added to HUMILIATE?
- HUMILIATE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of HUMILIATE:
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