INCINERATE is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. INCINERATE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept INCINERATE?
| 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: 36 / 100
Our own measure of how useful INCINERATE is to know. It scores 12 from 10 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 7.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for INCINERATE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How INCINERATE scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in INCINERATE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| i | 2 | 9 |
| n | 2 | 6 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so INCINERATE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does INCINERATE mean in Scrabble?
verb
To burn something completely until only ash remains.
Where burn can mean a light scorch, incinerate implies total destruction by fire. It is the standard word for disposing of waste or hazardous material in a furnace built for the purpose.
How INCINERATE is used
Typical in talk of waste disposal, and in dramatic descriptions of fire destroying something entirely.
- The plant will incinerate medical waste at very high temperatures.
- The blast was hot enough to incinerate the old wooden barn.
- Customs officers incinerate seized goods after the trial ends.
- They chose to incinerate the old documents rather than shred them.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of INCINERATE and 4 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of INCINERATE
The 10 tiles of INCINERATE in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with INCINERATE
2 longer words begin with INCINERATE.
Shorter words from the letters in INCINERATE
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Common questions about INCINERATE
- Is INCINERATE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts INCINERATE, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is INCINERATE worth?
- INCINERATE is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does INCINERATE mean?
- To burn something completely until only ash remains.
- What letters can be added to INCINERATE?
- INCINERATE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of INCINERATE:
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