LAUREATE is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. LAUREATE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept LAUREATE?
| 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: 44 / 100
Our own measure of how useful LAUREATE is to know. It scores 8 from 8 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 7.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for LAUREATE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How LAUREATE scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in LAUREATE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| l | 1 | 4 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so LAUREATE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does LAUREATE mean in Scrabble?
noun
A person honoured with a major prize or title for outstanding achievement, especially in the arts or sciences.
A laureate is traditionally someone crowned with a laurel wreath, and the image survives in titles such as poet laureate. Today the word mostly follows a field or a prize, as in Nobel laureate, and carries a sense of lasting distinction.
How LAUREATE is used
Laureate is usually attached to a prize or a field, as in Nobel laureate or poet laureate.
- The laureate thanked her teachers in her speech.
- He became a Nobel laureate at the age of forty.
- The new poet laureate will write a poem for the occasion.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of LAUREATE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with LAUREATE
4 longer words begin with LAUREATE.
Shorter words from the letters in LAUREATE
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Common questions about LAUREATE
- Is LAUREATE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts LAUREATE, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is LAUREATE worth?
- LAUREATE is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does LAUREATE mean?
- A person honoured with a major prize or title for outstanding achievement, especially in the arts or sciences.
- What letters can be added to LAUREATE?
- LAUREATE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of LAUREATE:
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