PATENT is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. PATENT 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 PATENT?
| 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 PATENT 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 PATENT
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
patentsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How PATENT scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in PATENT, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| t | 2 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 61,320.
What does PATENT mean in Scrabble?
noun
An official grant from a government that gives an inventor the sole legal right to make, use, or sell an invention for a set number of years.
A patent protects an inventor by preventing anyone else from copying or selling the same invention without permission, in exchange for the inventor publicly describing exactly how the invention works. Governments grant a patent only after reviewing an application to confirm the invention is genuinely new and not simply a variation on something already known. The protection lasts for a limited period, usually a couple of decades, after which the invention becomes free for anyone to use. The same word also names the document itself, the physical certificate that records the grant.
How PATENT is used
Common in legal, business, and technology contexts when discussing intellectual property and inventions.
- The inventor applied for a patent on her new device.
- The company held several patents covering the manufacturing process.
- His patent expired after twenty years, and competitors began copying the design.
- Lawyers reviewed the patent before the product went to market.
- The university licensed its patent to a manufacturing firm.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PATENT and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of PATENT
The 6 tiles of PATENT in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with PATENT
11 longer words begin with PATENT.
Shorter words from the letters in PATENT
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Common questions about PATENT
- Is PATENT valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PATENT, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PATENT worth?
- PATENT is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PATENT mean?
- An official grant from a government that gives an inventor the sole legal right to make, use, or sell an invention for a set number of years.
- What letters can be added to PATENT?
- PATENT takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of PATENT:
Open PATENT in the Word Finder