INVOLUCRATE is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points
Yes. INVOLUCRATE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 21 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept INVOLUCRATE?
| 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: 28 / 100
Our own measure of how useful INVOLUCRATE is to know. It scores 16 from 11 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for INVOLUCRATE
No single letter turns INVOLUCRATE into another word.
How INVOLUCRATE scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in INVOLUCRATE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| v | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so INVOLUCRATE has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about INVOLUCRATE
- All 11 letters of INVOLUCRATE are different — nothing repeats.
- INVOLUCRATE contains every vowel — A, E, I, O and U.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does INVOLUCRATE mean in Scrabble?
adjective
botany
Having a ring of small leaves or bracts growing just beneath a flower or flower cluster.
Botanists call a flower head involucrate when it is wrapped by that protective collar of bracts. Daisies and many other composite plants are examples.
How INVOLUCRATE is used
Botanical; used in plant descriptions and identification keys.
- The involucrate flower head sits on a slender stalk.
- Look for involucrate umbels when identifying the plant.
- An involucrate cluster protects the young buds.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of INVOLUCRATE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of INVOLUCRATE
The 11 tiles of INVOLUCRATE in a different order — 1 found.
Shorter words from the letters in INVOLUCRATE
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Common questions about INVOLUCRATE
- Is INVOLUCRATE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts INVOLUCRATE, where it scores 21 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is INVOLUCRATE worth?
- INVOLUCRATE is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 21 points in Words with Friends.
- What does INVOLUCRATE mean?
- Having a ring of small leaves or bracts growing just beneath a flower or flower cluster.
- What letters can be added to INVOLUCRATE?
- No single letter can be added to INVOLUCRATE to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of INVOLUCRATE:
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