INDURATE is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. INDURATE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept INDURATE?
| 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: 44 / 100
Our own measure of how useful INDURATE is to know. It scores 9 from 8 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 7.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for INDURATE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How INDURATE scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in INDURATE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so INDURATE has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about INDURATE
- All 8 letters of INDURATE are different — nothing repeats.
- The same 8 tiles also spell 3 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does INDURATE mean in Scrabble?
verb
formal
To make or become hard, or to make someone unfeeling.
Indurate is used both for physical hardening, as when clay bakes in heat, and for hardening of attitude, as when hardship makes a person callous. It is a formal and slightly literary choice.
How INDURATE is used
Indurate is a formal verb, found in science and literary prose.
- Heat will indurate the clay until it can be used as brick.
- Years of war began to indurate the soldier against pity.
- Some tissues indurate when inflamed for a long time.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of INDURATE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of INDURATE
The 8 tiles of INDURATE in a different order — 3 found.
Words starting with INDURATE
2 longer words begin with INDURATE.
Shorter words from the letters in INDURATE
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Common questions about INDURATE
- Is INDURATE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts INDURATE, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is INDURATE worth?
- INDURATE is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does INDURATE mean?
- To make or become hard, or to make someone unfeeling.
- What letters can be added to INDURATE?
- INDURATE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of INDURATE:
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