INFATUATE is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. INFATUATE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept INFATUATE?
| 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: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful INFATUATE is to know. It scores 12 from 9 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 7.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for INFATUATE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How INFATUATE scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in INFATUATE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| f | 1 | 2 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| t | 2 | 6 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so INFATUATE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does INFATUATE mean in Scrabble?
verb
To fill someone with a foolish, intense passion or admiration.
To infatuate someone is to cloud their judgement with sudden love. Such feelings are usually short and unreasoning, and are more often described with the passive form infatuated.
How INFATUATE is used
The verb infatuate is a little formal and appears mostly in literature.
- The singer's smile could infatuate an entire audience.
- Nothing seemed able to infatuate him as she did.
- Wealth can infatuate even a sensible person.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of INFATUATE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with INFATUATE
3 longer words begin with INFATUATE.
Shorter words from the letters in INFATUATE
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Common questions about INFATUATE
- Is INFATUATE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts INFATUATE, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is INFATUATE worth?
- INFATUATE is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does INFATUATE mean?
- To fill someone with a foolish, intense passion or admiration.
- What letters can be added to INFATUATE?
- INFATUATE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of INFATUATE:
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