PEREGRINATE is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. PEREGRINATE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PEREGRINATE?
| 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: 36 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PEREGRINATE is to know. It scores 14 from 11 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 7.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PEREGRINATE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How PEREGRINATE scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in PEREGRINATE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| e | 3 | 12 |
| r | 2 | 6 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so PEREGRINATE has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about PEREGRINATE
- The same 11 tiles also spell 2 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does PEREGRINATE mean in Scrabble?
verb
literary
To travel from place to place, especially on foot and for a long time.
Peregrinate has an old-fashioned, bookish flavour and carries a sense of wandering with purpose, much like a pilgrim. It is related to the falcon called the peregrine, the "wanderer".
How PEREGRINATE is used
Peregrinate is mostly literary or humorous in modern writing.
- The monk would peregrinate across Europe each summer.
- They like to peregrinate through small mountain towns.
- He planned to peregrinate the coast for a month.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PEREGRINATE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of PEREGRINATE
The 11 tiles of PEREGRINATE in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with PEREGRINATE
2 longer words begin with PEREGRINATE.
Shorter words from the letters in PEREGRINATE
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Common questions about PEREGRINATE
- Is PEREGRINATE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PEREGRINATE, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PEREGRINATE worth?
- PEREGRINATE is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PEREGRINATE mean?
- To travel from place to place, especially on foot and for a long time.
- What letters can be added to PEREGRINATE?
- PEREGRINATE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of PEREGRINATE:
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