INDAGATE is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. INDAGATE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept INDAGATE?
| 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: 45 / 100
Our own measure of how useful INDAGATE is to know. It scores 10 from 8 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 7.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for INDAGATE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How INDAGATE scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in INDAGATE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so INDAGATE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does INDAGATE mean in Scrabble?
verb
archaic
To look into a matter closely and search out the facts.
Indagate sounds bookish today and carries a flavour of patient detective work. Seventeenth-century authors used it where modern writers would say investigate.
How INDAGATE is used
Treat indagate as an old-fashioned word, suited to deliberately antique prose.
- The magistrate chose to indagate the matter in person.
- It is not easy to indagate the motives of a stranger.
- Scholars continue to indagate the origin of the manuscript.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of INDAGATE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with INDAGATE
2 longer words begin with INDAGATE.
Shorter words from the letters in INDAGATE
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Common questions about INDAGATE
- Is INDAGATE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts INDAGATE, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is INDAGATE worth?
- INDAGATE is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does INDAGATE mean?
- To look into a matter closely and search out the facts.
- What letters can be added to INDAGATE?
- INDAGATE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of INDAGATE:
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