PICRATE is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. PICRATE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PICRATE?
| 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: 56 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PICRATE is to know. It scores 11 from 7 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PICRATE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How PICRATE scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in PICRATE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 114,366.
What does PICRATE mean in Scrabble?
noun
chemistry
A salt or ester of picric acid.
A picrate forms when picric acid reacts with a base or an alcohol. Some picrate compounds are unstable, so chemists handle them carefully.
How PICRATE is used
Picrate is a chemistry term and rarely appears outside laboratory writing.
- The chemist weighed a small sample of picrate.
- A yellow picrate crystallised from the solution.
- Some picrate salts can be dangerously sensitive to shock.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PICRATE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of PICRATE
The 7 tiles of PICRATE in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with PICRATE
2 longer words begin with PICRATE.
Shorter words from the letters in PICRATE
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Common questions about PICRATE
- Is PICRATE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PICRATE, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PICRATE worth?
- PICRATE is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PICRATE mean?
- A salt or ester of picric acid.
- What letters can be added to PICRATE?
- PICRATE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of PICRATE:
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