MATURATE is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. MATURATE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept MATURATE?
| 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: 44 / 100
Our own measure of how useful MATURATE is to know. It scores 10 from 8 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for MATURATE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How MATURATE scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in MATURATE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| m | 1 | 2 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| t | 2 | 6 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so MATURATE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does MATURATE mean in Scrabble?
verb
medicalrare
To ripen or come to maturity, especially of a boil or abscess that fills with pus.
Maturate is an old-fashioned relative of mature and now mostly appears in medical history. Doctors once spoke of a swelling that would maturate before it could be drained.
How MATURATE is used
Maturate is rare and technical, used chiefly of sores and growths.
- The abscess began to maturate after a few days.
- Warm poultices were said to help a boil maturate.
- Wine will maturate slowly in the cool cellar.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of MATURATE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with MATURATE
2 longer words begin with MATURATE.
Shorter words from the letters in MATURATE
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Common questions about MATURATE
- Is MATURATE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts MATURATE, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is MATURATE worth?
- MATURATE is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does MATURATE mean?
- To ripen or come to maturity, especially of a boil or abscess that fills with pus.
- What letters can be added to MATURATE?
- MATURATE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of MATURATE:
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