OBLATE is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. OBLATE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept OBLATE?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful OBLATE is to know. It scores 8 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for OBLATE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
oblatesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How OBLATE scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in OBLATE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| o | 1 | 8 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 28,744.
What stands out about OBLATE
- The same 6 tiles also spell 2 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does OBLATE mean in Scrabble?
adjective
technical
Flattened at the poles, like a sphere that bulges slightly at its equator.
A shape is oblate when spinning or some other force pushes its middle outward and shortens the distance from center to pole, the opposite of a shape stretched long and thin at the poles. The Earth itself is a famous example, since its rotation makes it an oblate spheroid rather than a perfect sphere, very slightly wider at the equator than from pole to pole. The same root also produced an older, now uncommon noun sense, naming a person formally dedicated to a religious community without taking full monastic vows.
How OBLATE is used
A technical term from geometry and physics, most often met in the phrase oblate spheroid.
- Because of its spin, the planet has a slightly oblate shape.
- The textbook diagram compared an oblate spheroid with a prolate one.
- Engineers modeled the satellite's oblate shape to predict its orbit precisely.
- A pumpkin is roughly oblate, wider around its middle than from top to bottom.
- The oblate figure of the Earth was confirmed by careful eighteenth-century measurements.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of OBLATE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of OBLATE
The 6 tiles of OBLATE in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with OBLATE
4 longer words begin with OBLATE.
Shorter words from the letters in OBLATE
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Common questions about OBLATE
- Is OBLATE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts OBLATE, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is OBLATE worth?
- OBLATE is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does OBLATE mean?
- Flattened at the poles, like a sphere that bulges slightly at its equator.
- What letters can be added to OBLATE?
- OBLATE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of OBLATE:
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