PRECIPITATE is a valid Scrabble word — 17 points
Yes. PRECIPITATE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 17 points in Scrabble and 20 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PRECIPITATE?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 37 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PRECIPITATE is to know. It scores 17 from 11 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PRECIPITATE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How PRECIPITATE scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in PRECIPITATE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 2 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| t | 2 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so PRECIPITATE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does PRECIPITATE mean in Scrabble?
verb
To cause something to happen suddenly or too soon, or to make a solid separate from a liquid.
The verb precipitate is stressed on its first syllable and is pronounced differently from the adjective meaning hasty. Besides events, it also describes rain and chemistry, where drops or crystals fall out of air or solution.
How PRECIPITATE is used
Precipitate as a verb suits news reports about crises and science texts about reactions.
- The bank failure helped precipitate a wider crisis.
- Adding salt will precipitate the dissolved metal.
- His careless remark could precipitate an argument.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PRECIPITATE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of PRECIPITATE
The 11 tiles of PRECIPITATE in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with PRECIPITATE
4 longer words begin with PRECIPITATE.
Shorter words from the letters in PRECIPITATE
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Common questions about PRECIPITATE
- Is PRECIPITATE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PRECIPITATE, where it scores 20 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PRECIPITATE worth?
- PRECIPITATE is worth 17 points in Scrabble and 20 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PRECIPITATE mean?
- To cause something to happen suddenly or too soon, or to make a solid separate from a liquid.
- What letters can be added to PRECIPITATE?
- PRECIPITATE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of PRECIPITATE:
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