LAPIDATE is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. LAPIDATE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept LAPIDATE?
| 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 LAPIDATE is to know. It scores 11 from 8 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for LAPIDATE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How LAPIDATE scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in LAPIDATE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| l | 1 | 4 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so LAPIDATE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does LAPIDATE mean in Scrabble?
verb
formal
To throw stones at someone, or to kill a person by stoning.
To lapidate someone is to pelt them with stones, a punishment recorded in many ancient societies. Today the verb is rare and sounds learned or historical.
How LAPIDATE is used
You can lapidate a person only in the sense of stoning; the verb is rarely used loosely.
- The crowd threatened to lapidate the thief.
- Ancient law allowed them to lapidate offenders outside the walls.
- They did not lapidate him, but they drove him from the village.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of LAPIDATE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with LAPIDATE
2 longer words begin with LAPIDATE.
Shorter words from the letters in LAPIDATE
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Common questions about LAPIDATE
- Is LAPIDATE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts LAPIDATE, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is LAPIDATE worth?
- LAPIDATE is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does LAPIDATE mean?
- To throw stones at someone, or to kill a person by stoning.
- What letters can be added to LAPIDATE?
- LAPIDATE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of LAPIDATE:
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