PEDATE is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. PEDATE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PEDATE?
| 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 PEDATE is to know. It scores 9 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 7.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PEDATE
No single letter turns PEDATE into another word.
How PEDATE scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in PEDATE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 41,809.
What does PEDATE mean in Scrabble?
adjective
botany
Shaped like a foot, especially of a leaf that is divided into lobes along its sides.
In botany a pedate leaf has a central lobe with side lobes that branch again, so the whole outline looks a little like a bird's foot. The term is used in plant descriptions to tell similar leaves apart. It comes from Latin pedatus, from pes, foot.
How PEDATE is used
Technical; used in botany.
- The violet has a pedate leaf with narrow lobes.
- Botanists described the pedate pattern in the key.
- A pedate leaf spreads out like the toes of a foot.
- The plant is easy to name from its pedate foliage.
- Each pedate frond carried a row of small leaflets.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PEDATE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with PEDATE
1 longer words begin with PEDATE.
Shorter words from the letters in PEDATE
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Common questions about PEDATE
- Is PEDATE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PEDATE, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PEDATE worth?
- PEDATE is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PEDATE mean?
- Shaped like a foot, especially of a leaf that is divided into lobes along its sides.
- What letters can be added to PEDATE?
- No single letter can be added to PEDATE to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of PEDATE:
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