PRATIE is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. PRATIE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PRATIE?
| 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: 33 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PRATIE is to know. It scores 8 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 7.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PRATIE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
pratiesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How PRATIE scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in PRATIE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 17,033.
What stands out about PRATIE
- The same 6 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 PRATIE mean in Scrabble?
noun
Irishinformal
An Irish colloquial word for a potato.
The word pratie traces back to the Irish Gaelic term prata and traveled into everyday rural speech as a homely, familiar name for the same humble root vegetable people ate at nearly every meal. It carries no separate meaning of its own beyond the ordinary crop, so it names the same plant and food rather than a distinct kind. The word is strongly tied to Irish history, including the reliance on this one crop across nineteenth-century farms, and its loss during the famine years. Writers reaching for local color in Irish settings often choose pratie instead of the plain standard term.
How PRATIE is used
Informal and regional; heard in Irish speech and Irish-flavored writing rather than in standard or formal English.
- She boiled a pot of praties for supper.
- The old song mentions digging praties in the field.
- He called the dish praties and bacon.
- Farmers still speak of a good pratie harvest.
- The stew was thick with praties and onions.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PRATIE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of PRATIE
The 6 tiles of PRATIE in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with PRATIE
1 longer words begin with PRATIE.
Shorter words from the letters in PRATIE
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Common questions about PRATIE
- Is PRATIE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PRATIE, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PRATIE worth?
- PRATIE is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PRATIE mean?
- An Irish colloquial word for a potato.
- What letters can be added to PRATIE?
- PRATIE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of PRATIE:
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