LIQUATE is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points
Yes. LIQUATE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 18 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept LIQUATE?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 62 / 100
Our own measure of how useful LIQUATE is to know. It scores 16 from 7 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for LIQUATE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How LIQUATE scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in LIQUATE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| l | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| q | 1 | 1 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 171,549.
What does LIQUATE mean in Scrabble?
verb
technical
To separate a more easily melted metal from a less easily melted one by heating the alloy gently.
Metallurgists liquate an alloy to purify it: the part with the lower melting point runs off and the stiffer remainder is left behind. The process was long used to separate silver from copper using lead, and in a general sense it means to melt.
How LIQUATE is used
You will find liquate in metallurgy texts and older chemistry books.
- The smelter used heat to liquate the lead from the ore.
- They would liquate the alloy slowly over a low fire.
- It is possible to liquate the tin without melting the copper.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of LIQUATE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of LIQUATE
The 7 tiles of LIQUATE in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with LIQUATE
2 longer words begin with LIQUATE.
Shorter words from the letters in LIQUATE
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Common questions about LIQUATE
- Is LIQUATE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts LIQUATE, where it scores 18 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is LIQUATE worth?
- LIQUATE is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends.
- What does LIQUATE mean?
- To separate a more easily melted metal from a less easily melted one by heating the alloy gently.
- What letters can be added to LIQUATE?
- LIQUATE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of LIQUATE:
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