PALLIATE is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. PALLIATE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PALLIATE?
| 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: 44 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PALLIATE is to know. It scores 10 from 8 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PALLIATE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How PALLIATE scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in PALLIATE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| l | 2 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so PALLIATE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does PALLIATE mean in Scrabble?
verb
formal
To ease a disease or pain without curing it, or to make an offence seem less serious.
Doctors palliate when a cure is out of reach and relief is the aim. In everyday writing the word often means excusing a fault with soft words so that it seems smaller than it is.
How PALLIATE is used
Used in medical and formal writing, with symptoms or faults as object.
- The drugs only palliate the symptoms and do not remove the cause.
- He tried to palliate his mistake with a long apology.
- Nothing could palliate the harshness of the verdict.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PALLIATE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with PALLIATE
2 longer words begin with PALLIATE.
Shorter words from the letters in PALLIATE
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Common questions about PALLIATE
- Is PALLIATE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PALLIATE, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PALLIATE worth?
- PALLIATE is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PALLIATE mean?
- To ease a disease or pain without curing it, or to make an offence seem less serious.
- What letters can be added to PALLIATE?
- PALLIATE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of PALLIATE:
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