PATRIATE is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. PATRIATE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PATRIATE?
| 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: 46 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PATRIATE is to know. It scores 10 from 8 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 7.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PATRIATE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How PATRIATE scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in PATRIATE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| t | 2 | 6 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so PATRIATE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does PATRIATE mean in Scrabble?
verb
formal
To transfer control of a constitution from a mother country to its former dependency.
The word is tied closely to the story of Canada, whose constitution once sat in the British parliament. To patriate a document is to bring that final legal authority home.
How PATRIATE is used
Formal and political; used in discussing constitutions and national independence.
- The government moved to patriate the constitution in 1982.
- Negotiators wanted to patriate the founding law without delay.
- It took years of talks to patriate the document.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PATRIATE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with PATRIATE
2 longer words begin with PATRIATE.
Shorter words from the letters in PATRIATE
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Common questions about PATRIATE
- Is PATRIATE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PATRIATE, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PATRIATE worth?
- PATRIATE is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PATRIATE mean?
- To transfer control of a constitution from a mother country to its former dependency.
- What letters can be added to PATRIATE?
- PATRIATE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of PATRIATE:
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