LATEEN is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. LATEEN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 6 points in Scrabble and 8 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept LATEEN?
| 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: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful LATEEN is to know. It scores 6 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 8.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for LATEEN
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
lateensChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How LATEEN scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in LATEEN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| l | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 13,936.
What does LATEEN mean in Scrabble?
noun
nautical
A triangular sail rigged on a long yard set at an angle to a short mast, used to sail closer to the wind.
A lateen rig lets a boat point much nearer into the wind than the older square rigs it largely replaced across the Mediterranean, the Red Sea and the Indian Ocean. Arab and later European sailors favoured the shape because a single large piece of canvas on a slanted spar could still be trimmed efficiently by a small crew. Historians trace the design back more than a thousand years, and it remained standard on feluccas, dhows and many small European craft well into the twentieth century. The term can name the sail itself, the whole rig, or loosely a vessel carrying one, and it comes from the French voile latine, literally Latin sail.
How LATEEN is used
A nautical term, used to describe this traditional triangular sail and the rig or vessel that carries it.
- The felucca's lateen sail caught the evening breeze.
- Sailors trimmed the lateen as the wind shifted.
- A single lateen carried the small boat swiftly along the coast.
- The museum displayed a model rigged with a lateen sail.
- Traders once crossed the sea in ships fitted with lateen sails.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of LATEEN and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of LATEEN
The 6 tiles of LATEEN in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with LATEEN
4 longer words begin with LATEEN.
Shorter words from the letters in LATEEN
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Common questions about LATEEN
- Is LATEEN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts LATEEN, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is LATEEN worth?
- LATEEN is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does LATEEN mean?
- A triangular sail rigged on a long yard set at an angle to a short mast, used to sail closer to the wind.
- What letters can be added to LATEEN?
- LATEEN takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of LATEEN:
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