INTRAPLATE is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. INTRAPLATE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept INTRAPLATE?
| 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: 28 / 100
Our own measure of how useful INTRAPLATE is to know. It scores 12 from 10 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for INTRAPLATE
No single letter turns INTRAPLATE into another word.
How INTRAPLATE scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in INTRAPLATE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| t | 2 | 6 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so INTRAPLATE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does INTRAPLATE mean in Scrabble?
adjective
technical
Occurring within the interior of a tectonic plate rather than at its edges.
Most earthquakes strike along plate boundaries, so an intraplate quake is the odd one out, appearing in the middle of a continent. Geologists study intraplate events to learn about old faults and hidden stress in the crust.
How INTRAPLATE is used
Geological term, used mainly in connection with earthquakes and volcanoes.
- The intraplate earthquake surprised a region with no recent tremors.
- Hawaii's volcanoes are a famous case of intraplate volcanism.
- Intraplate faults can stay quiet for thousands of years.
- Researchers mapped the intraplate stresses beneath the continent.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of INTRAPLATE and 4 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
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Common questions about INTRAPLATE
- Is INTRAPLATE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts INTRAPLATE, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is INTRAPLATE worth?
- INTRAPLATE is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does INTRAPLATE mean?
- Occurring within the interior of a tectonic plate rather than at its edges.
- What letters can be added to INTRAPLATE?
- No single letter can be added to INTRAPLATE to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of INTRAPLATE:
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