MILITATE is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. MILITATE 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 MILITATE?
| 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: 45 / 100
Our own measure of how useful MILITATE is to know. It scores 10 from 8 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 7.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for MILITATE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How MILITATE scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in MILITATE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| m | 1 | 2 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| t | 2 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so MILITATE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does MILITATE mean in Scrabble?
verb
formal
To count as a strong reason against something, preventing it or making it unlikely.
Militate is nearly always followed by against: factors militate against an outcome. Do not confuse it with mitigate, which means to lessen the severity of something.
How MILITATE is used
Militate appears in formal prose, most often in the pattern militate against.
- High costs militate against building the bridge.
- Poor soil and short summers militate against farming here.
- Several factors militate in favour of a delay.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of MILITATE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with MILITATE
2 longer words begin with MILITATE.
Shorter words from the letters in MILITATE
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Common questions about MILITATE
- Is MILITATE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts MILITATE, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is MILITATE worth?
- MILITATE is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does MILITATE mean?
- To count as a strong reason against something, preventing it or making it unlikely.
- What letters can be added to MILITATE?
- MILITATE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of MILITATE:
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