MACERATE is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. MACERATE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept MACERATE?
| 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: 51 / 100
Our own measure of how useful MACERATE is to know. It scores 12 from 8 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 7.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for MACERATE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How MACERATE scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in MACERATE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| m | 1 | 2 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so MACERATE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does MACERATE mean in Scrabble?
verb
To soften something by soaking it in liquid, or to waste away through lack of food.
Cooks macerate fruit in sugar or liqueur to draw out flavour. In older writing the verb could describe thinning the body by fasting.
How MACERATE is used
Macerate is common in cooking and in laboratory work.
- Macerate the strawberries in sugar for an hour.
- The chef will macerate the cherries in brandy.
- Leaves are left to macerate in water.
- Hermits once tried to macerate the flesh by fasting.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of MACERATE and 4 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of MACERATE
The 8 tiles of MACERATE in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with MACERATE
4 longer words begin with MACERATE.
Shorter words from the letters in MACERATE
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Common questions about MACERATE
- Is MACERATE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts MACERATE, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is MACERATE worth?
- MACERATE is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does MACERATE mean?
- To soften something by soaking it in liquid, or to waste away through lack of food.
- What letters can be added to MACERATE?
- MACERATE takes 3 hooks: 0 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of MACERATE:
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