LIGATE is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. LIGATE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept LIGATE?
| 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: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful LIGATE is to know. It scores 7 from 6 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 7.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for LIGATE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How LIGATE scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in LIGATE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| l | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 17,033.
What stands out about LIGATE
- The same 6 tiles also spell 3 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does LIGATE mean in Scrabble?
verb
medical
To tie off or bind a blood vessel, duct, or similar structure tightly with a thread or clamp, usually to stop bleeding or close a passage.
Surgeons ligate a blood vessel before cutting it so that the flow of blood stops cleanly rather than spilling into the surrounding tissue. The same word describes tying off other tubular structures in the body, such as the fallopian tubes in a sterilization procedure. Outside medicine, molecular biologists also use ligate to describe joining pieces of DNA together with an enzyme, extending the tying image from surgery into the laboratory.
How LIGATE is used
A technical verb used mainly in surgery and, in a specialized sense, in molecular biology.
- The surgeon moved to ligate the bleeding vessel.
- They had to ligate several small arteries during the operation.
- A clip is sometimes used to ligate a vessel instead of thread.
- The technician used the enzyme to ligate the two DNA fragments.
- It took only a moment to ligate and cut the cord.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of LIGATE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of LIGATE
The 6 tiles of LIGATE in a different order — 3 found.
Words starting with LIGATE
2 longer words begin with LIGATE.
Shorter words from the letters in LIGATE
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Common questions about LIGATE
- Is LIGATE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts LIGATE, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is LIGATE worth?
- LIGATE is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does LIGATE mean?
- To tie off or bind a blood vessel, duct, or similar structure tightly with a thread or clamp, usually to stop bleeding or close a passage.
- What letters can be added to LIGATE?
- LIGATE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of LIGATE:
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