PHONATE is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. PHONATE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PHONATE?
| 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: 57 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PHONATE is to know. It scores 12 from 7 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PHONATE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How PHONATE scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in PHONATE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 128,662.
What does PHONATE mean in Scrabble?
verb
technical
To produce speech sounds, especially by vibrating the vocal cords.
Speech scientists say a person phonates when the vocal cords vibrate to make voiced sound. Whispering, by contrast, is speech without phonation. The verb appears in medical and linguistic descriptions of how the voice works.
How PHONATE is used
Phonate is a technical verb used in phonetics and voice medicine.
- Patients with nerve damage may struggle to phonate clearly.
- To phonate, the vocal cords must come close together.
- The singer learned to phonate without straining her throat.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PHONATE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of PHONATE
The 7 tiles of PHONATE in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with PHONATE
2 longer words begin with PHONATE.
Shorter words from the letters in PHONATE
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Common questions about PHONATE
- Is PHONATE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PHONATE, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PHONATE worth?
- PHONATE is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PHONATE mean?
- To produce speech sounds, especially by vibrating the vocal cords.
- What letters can be added to PHONATE?
- PHONATE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of PHONATE:
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