PATE is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. PATE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 6 points in Scrabble and 7 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PATE?
| 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: 47 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PATE is to know. It scores 6 from 4 tiles, takes 5 hooks, and its letters make up 7.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PATE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How PATE scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in PATE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 3,026.
What stands out about PATE
- The same 4 tiles also spell 3 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 PATE mean in Scrabble?
noun
archaichumorous
The top of a person's head, especially when bald or thinning, often mentioned in a joking or old-fashioned way.
Calling someone's head a pate is a way of poking gentle fun at it. An old joke might describe a bald pate shining in the sun. The word survives mostly in humorous or deliberately old-fashioned writing, rather than in ordinary modern speech about the head.
How PATE is used
Old-fashioned or joking; rarely used in serious modern writing.
- The sun reflected off his bald pate.
- She joked about the shine on his pate.
- The old poem describes a wise grey pate.
- He scratched his pate while thinking of an answer.
- A hat kept the cold off his bare pate.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PATE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of PATE
The 4 tiles of PATE in a different order — 3 found.
Words starting with PATE
Showing 24 of 49 words that begin with PATE.
Words ending in PATE
Showing 24 of 35 words that end in PATE. Useful as a back hook: play PATE onto a word already on the board.
Words with PATE inside
Showing 24 of 81 words that contain PATE somewhere in the middle. Words that start with PATE are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in PATE
Common questions about PATE
- Is PATE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PATE, where it scores 7 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PATE worth?
- PATE is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PATE mean?
- The top of a person's head, especially when bald or thinning, often mentioned in a joking or old-fashioned way.
- What letters can be added to PATE?
- PATE takes 5 hooks: 1 in front and 4 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of PATE:
Open PATE in the Word Finder