MELIORATOR is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. MELIORATOR 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 MELIORATOR?
| 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: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful MELIORATOR is to know. It scores 12 from 10 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 7.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for MELIORATOR
Front hooks — 1
amelioratorBack hooks — 1
melioratorsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How MELIORATOR scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in MELIORATOR, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| m | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| r | 2 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so MELIORATOR has to be built on the board across turns.
What does MELIORATOR mean in Scrabble?
noun
rare
A person or thing that makes something better.
A meliorator is an improver, whether a reformer of society or a substance that enriches poor soil. The word is rare and mostly literary.
How MELIORATOR is used
Rare and formal, linked to the verb meliorate, meaning to improve.
- The old teacher was a quiet meliorator of village life.
- Compost is a natural meliorator of poor soil.
- He saw himself as a meliorator, not a revolutionary.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of MELIORATOR and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with MELIORATOR
1 longer words begin with MELIORATOR.
Shorter words from the letters in MELIORATOR
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Common questions about MELIORATOR
- Is MELIORATOR valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts MELIORATOR, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is MELIORATOR worth?
- MELIORATOR is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does MELIORATOR mean?
- A person or thing that makes something better.
- What letters can be added to MELIORATOR?
- MELIORATOR takes 2 hooks: 1 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of MELIORATOR:
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