INCUDATE is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. INCUDATE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept INCUDATE?
| 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 INCUDATE is to know. It scores 11 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for INCUDATE
No single letter turns INCUDATE into another word.
How INCUDATE scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in INCUDATE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so INCUDATE has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about INCUDATE
- All 8 letters of INCUDATE are different — nothing repeats.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does INCUDATE mean in Scrabble?
adjective
technical
Resembling an anvil in shape, as the incus bone does.
In weather talk an incudate cloud spreads out flat at the top like a blacksmith anvil. Anatomists use the same Latin root for the small ear bone called the incus.
How INCUDATE is used
Rare technical term in meteorology and anatomy.
- The storm grew an incudate top that stretched far across the sky.
- An incudate crown on the cloud warned of heavy rain.
- The atlas labelled the incudate part of the ossicle chain.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of INCUDATE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in INCUDATE
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Common questions about INCUDATE
- Is INCUDATE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts INCUDATE, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is INCUDATE worth?
- INCUDATE is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does INCUDATE mean?
- Resembling an anvil in shape, as the incus bone does.
- What letters can be added to INCUDATE?
- No single letter can be added to INCUDATE to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of INCUDATE:
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