INTERPOLATE is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. INTERPOLATE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept INTERPOLATE?
| 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 INTERPOLATE is to know. It scores 13 from 11 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 7.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for INTERPOLATE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How INTERPOLATE scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in INTERPOLATE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| t | 2 | 6 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so INTERPOLATE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does INTERPOLATE mean in Scrabble?
verb
To insert something extra into a text or a series, or to estimate a missing value from the values on either side of it.
Scribes were often accused of tampering when they chose to interpolate their own passages into old manuscripts. Mathematicians use the same verb for working out an in-between value from known points on a graph or table.
How INTERPOLATE is used
Used for added passages in a text and for estimating values between known data points.
- Later copyists tended to interpolate comments of their own into the manuscript.
- You can interpolate the missing temperature from the readings either side of it.
- The editor chose to interpolate a short explanation in the margin.
- Software can interpolate extra frames to make the video smoother.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of INTERPOLATE and 4 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with INTERPOLATE
4 longer words begin with INTERPOLATE.
Shorter words from the letters in INTERPOLATE
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Common questions about INTERPOLATE
- Is INTERPOLATE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts INTERPOLATE, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is INTERPOLATE worth?
- INTERPOLATE is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does INTERPOLATE mean?
- To insert something extra into a text or a series, or to estimate a missing value from the values on either side of it.
- What letters can be added to INTERPOLATE?
- INTERPOLATE takes 3 hooks: 0 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of INTERPOLATE:
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