OXALATE is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. OXALATE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept OXALATE?
| 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: 61 / 100
Our own measure of how useful OXALATE is to know. It scores 14 from 7 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 7.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for OXALATE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How OXALATE scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in OXALATE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| o | 1 | 8 |
| x | 1 | 1 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 192,992.
What does OXALATE mean in Scrabble?
noun
chemistry
A salt or ester of oxalic acid.
An oxalate occurs naturally in many plants, including spinach and rhubarb, and it can bind calcium. Chemists also meet the oxalate ion in titrations and in mineral deposits.
How OXALATE is used
Used in chemistry, nutrition and medicine, often in phrases such as calcium oxalate.
- Calcium oxalate is the usual main ingredient of kidney stones.
- The oxalate in rhubarb leaves makes them unsafe to eat.
- A pinch of the oxalate was dissolved before the titration.
- Each oxalate molecule carries two negative charges in solution.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of OXALATE and 4 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with OXALATE
2 longer words begin with OXALATE.
Shorter words from the letters in OXALATE
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Common questions about OXALATE
- Is OXALATE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts OXALATE, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is OXALATE worth?
- OXALATE is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does OXALATE mean?
- A salt or ester of oxalic acid.
- What letters can be added to OXALATE?
- OXALATE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of OXALATE:
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