PATENTEE is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. PATENTEE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PATENTEE?
| 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 PATENTEE is to know. It scores 10 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 8.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PATENTEE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
patenteesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How PATENTEE scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in PATENTEE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| t | 2 | 6 |
| e | 3 | 12 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so PATENTEE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does PATENTEE mean in Scrabble?
noun
legal
A person or organization to whom a patent has been granted.
A patentee holds the exclusive rights over an invention and can license or sell them. The patentee is the party who may sue anyone who copies the protected device without permission.
How PATENTEE is used
Used mainly in legal and business writing about intellectual property, where the patentee is the rights holder.
- The patentee licensed the design to three factories.
- Only the patentee may stop others from making the device.
- A university can be the patentee of a researcher's invention.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PATENTEE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with PATENTEE
1 longer words begin with PATENTEE.
Shorter words from the letters in PATENTEE
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Common questions about PATENTEE
- Is PATENTEE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PATENTEE, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PATENTEE worth?
- PATENTEE is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PATENTEE mean?
- A person or organization to whom a patent has been granted.
- What letters can be added to PATENTEE?
- PATENTEE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of PATENTEE:
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