INCUBATE is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. INCUBATE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept INCUBATE?
| 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: 45 / 100
Our own measure of how useful INCUBATE is to know. It scores 12 from 8 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for INCUBATE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How INCUBATE scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in INCUBATE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so INCUBATE has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about INCUBATE
- All 8 letters of INCUBATE are different — nothing repeats.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does INCUBATE mean in Scrabble?
verb
To keep eggs or cultures warm so that they develop, or to develop slowly and unseen.
Birds incubate eggs by sitting on them, and laboratories incubate bacteria at a set temperature. A disease incubates during the quiet period before symptoms show. Companies also incubate young businesses by giving them support.
How INCUBATE is used
Incubate is used for hatching eggs, growing cultures, hidden illness and nurturing start-ups.
- The hen will incubate the eggs for three weeks.
- Scientists incubate the samples overnight.
- The virus can incubate for several days.
- The hub helps to incubate new firms.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of INCUBATE and 4 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with INCUBATE
2 longer words begin with INCUBATE.
Shorter words from the letters in INCUBATE
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Common questions about INCUBATE
- Is INCUBATE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts INCUBATE, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is INCUBATE worth?
- INCUBATE is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does INCUBATE mean?
- To keep eggs or cultures warm so that they develop, or to develop slowly and unseen.
- What letters can be added to INCUBATE?
- INCUBATE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of INCUBATE:
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