PECULATE is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. PECULATE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PECULATE?
| 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: 48 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PECULATE is to know. It scores 12 from 8 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 6.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PECULATE
Front hooks — 1
speculateChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How PECULATE scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in PECULATE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so PECULATE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does PECULATE mean in Scrabble?
verb
formal
To steal or misuse money entrusted to your care, especially public funds.
Court reports once said an official had been found to peculate from the treasury. The word applies to those handed money to manage rather than to ordinary thieves. It is rare today, replaced by embezzle in most writing.
How PECULATE is used
A formal, mostly legal verb for dishonestly taking funds held in trust.
- The clerk was accused of trying to peculate from the town accounts.
- It is a crime to peculate public money.
- Few officials would dare to peculate under such close audit.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PECULATE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with PECULATE
2 longer words begin with PECULATE.
Shorter words from the letters in PECULATE
Showing 40 of 177. See all in the Word Finder
Common questions about PECULATE
- Is PECULATE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PECULATE, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PECULATE worth?
- PECULATE is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PECULATE mean?
- To steal or misuse money entrusted to your care, especially public funds.
- What letters can be added to PECULATE?
- PECULATE takes 3 hooks: 1 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of PECULATE:
Open PECULATE in the Word Finder