POSTDATE is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. POSTDATE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept POSTDATE?
| 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: 44 / 100
Our own measure of how useful POSTDATE is to know. It scores 11 from 8 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for POSTDATE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How POSTDATE scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in POSTDATE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| t | 2 | 6 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so POSTDATE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does POSTDATE mean in Scrabble?
verb
To put a later date on a document than the actual date of writing, or to come later in time than something else.
People postdate a cheque so that it cannot be cashed until the written day. Historians also say one event postdates another when it clearly happened afterwards.
How POSTDATE is used
Used in banking and in scholarly writing about dates.
- He chose to postdate the cheque by two weeks.
- The letter must postdate the treaty.
- These coins postdate the fall of the empire.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of POSTDATE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of POSTDATE
The 8 tiles of POSTDATE in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with POSTDATE
2 longer words begin with POSTDATE.
Shorter words from the letters in POSTDATE
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Common questions about POSTDATE
- Is POSTDATE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts POSTDATE, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is POSTDATE worth?
- POSTDATE is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does POSTDATE mean?
- To put a later date on a document than the actual date of writing, or to come later in time than something else.
- What letters can be added to POSTDATE?
- POSTDATE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of POSTDATE:
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