IRRIGATE is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. IRRIGATE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept IRRIGATE?
| 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: 45 / 100
Our own measure of how useful IRRIGATE is to know. It scores 9 from 8 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 7.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for IRRIGATE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How IRRIGATE scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in IRRIGATE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| i | 2 | 9 |
| r | 2 | 6 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so IRRIGATE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does IRRIGATE mean in Scrabble?
verb
To supply land or crops with water, typically through channels, to help them grow.
Farmers irrigate fields that rainfall alone cannot keep wet enough. The word also has a medical use, in which a wound or organ is washed with a steady flow of liquid. Both senses involve moving water to where it is needed.
How IRRIGATE is used
Irrigate is common in farming and in medicine, with fields, crops or wounds as the object.
- They irrigate the orchard from a nearby stream.
- Farmers must irrigate more often during a dry summer.
- The nurse will irrigate the wound before dressing it.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of IRRIGATE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with IRRIGATE
2 longer words begin with IRRIGATE.
Shorter words from the letters in IRRIGATE
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Common questions about IRRIGATE
- Is IRRIGATE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts IRRIGATE, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is IRRIGATE worth?
- IRRIGATE is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does IRRIGATE mean?
- To supply land or crops with water, typically through channels, to help them grow.
- What letters can be added to IRRIGATE?
- IRRIGATE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of IRRIGATE:
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