PLANATE is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. PLANATE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PLANATE?
| 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 PLANATE is to know. It scores 9 from 7 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PLANATE
No single letter turns PLANATE into another word.
How PLANATE scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in PLANATE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 128,662.
What stands out about PLANATE
- The same 7 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 PLANATE mean in Scrabble?
adjective
technical
Having a flat surface, or flattened so as to lie in one plane.
This is a technical adjective used in the natural sciences, for example in descriptions of insects and plants. A planate surface has no ridges or curve to speak of. A related verb means to level something by erosion.
How PLANATE is used
Planate is a specialist term in botany, entomology and geomorphology.
- The beetle has a planate shell with no ridges.
- A planate leaf spreads out in a single flat plane.
- The description called the surface planate and smooth.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PLANATE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of PLANATE
The 7 tiles of PLANATE in a different order — 2 found.
Shorter words from the letters in PLANATE
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Common questions about PLANATE
- Is PLANATE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PLANATE, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PLANATE worth?
- PLANATE is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PLANATE mean?
- Having a flat surface, or flattened so as to lie in one plane.
- What letters can be added to PLANATE?
- No single letter can be added to PLANATE to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of PLANATE:
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