MELIORATE is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. MELIORATE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept MELIORATE?
| 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: 39 / 100
Our own measure of how useful MELIORATE is to know. It scores 11 from 9 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 7.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for MELIORATE
Front hooks — 1
ameliorateChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How MELIORATE scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in MELIORATE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| m | 1 | 2 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so MELIORATE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does MELIORATE mean in Scrabble?
verb
formalliterary
To make something better or more bearable.
To meliorate is to improve conditions or ease hardship, a sense close to the more common ameliorate. It turns up in older prose and in discussions of social reform.
How MELIORATE is used
Meliorate is formal and rare; ameliorate is the usual form.
- Reformers hoped to meliorate the lot of the poor.
- Good drainage will meliorate the damp soil.
- The new law may meliorate working conditions.
- Kindness can meliorate even a hard situation.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of MELIORATE and 4 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with MELIORATE
2 longer words begin with MELIORATE.
Shorter words from the letters in MELIORATE
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Common questions about MELIORATE
- Is MELIORATE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts MELIORATE, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is MELIORATE worth?
- MELIORATE is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does MELIORATE mean?
- To make something better or more bearable.
- What letters can be added to MELIORATE?
- MELIORATE takes 3 hooks: 1 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of MELIORATE:
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