LIXIVIATE is a valid Scrabble word — 19 points
Yes. LIXIVIATE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 19 points in Scrabble and 21 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept LIXIVIATE?
| 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: 42 / 100
Our own measure of how useful LIXIVIATE is to know. It scores 19 from 9 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for LIXIVIATE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How LIXIVIATE scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in LIXIVIATE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| l | 1 | 4 |
| i | 3 | 9 |
| x | 1 | 1 |
| v | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so LIXIVIATE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does LIXIVIATE mean in Scrabble?
verb
technical
To separate soluble substances from insoluble ones by letting a liquid percolate through the material.
Traditional soap makers would lixiviate wood ashes with water to obtain lye. Metallurgists apply the same principle to crushed ore. The process is better known today by the word leach.
How LIXIVIATE is used
Lixiviate is a specialised term found in chemistry, mining and older manufacturing texts.
- They would lixiviate the ashes in a barrel to make lye.
- The plant uses acid to lixiviate copper from the crushed rock.
- You can lixiviate the powder with hot water and filter the result.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of LIXIVIATE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with LIXIVIATE
2 longer words begin with LIXIVIATE.
Shorter words from the letters in LIXIVIATE
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Common questions about LIXIVIATE
- Is LIXIVIATE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts LIXIVIATE, where it scores 21 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is LIXIVIATE worth?
- LIXIVIATE is worth 19 points in Scrabble and 21 points in Words with Friends.
- What does LIXIVIATE mean?
- To separate soluble substances from insoluble ones by letting a liquid percolate through the material.
- What letters can be added to LIXIVIATE?
- LIXIVIATE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of LIXIVIATE:
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