PROPITIATOR is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. PROPITIATOR is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PROPITIATOR?
| 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: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PROPITIATOR is to know. It scores 15 from 11 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PROPITIATOR
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How PROPITIATOR scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in PROPITIATOR, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 2 | 2 |
| r | 2 | 6 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| t | 2 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so PROPITIATOR has to be built on the board across turns.
What does PROPITIATOR mean in Scrabble?
noun
formalliterary
A person who wins over an angry or powerful being with gifts or gestures of goodwill.
A propitiator in old stories might offer sacrifices to a god or flattery to a king. The word has a ceremonial ring and fits scenes of fear, ritual and appeasement.
How PROPITIATOR is used
Found in religious, mythological and literary writing about calming a wrathful power.
- The priest acted as propitiator before the storm god's altar.
- As a propitiator of the tax collector, he arrived with a basket of figs.
- Every village kept a propitiator to soothe the river spirits.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PROPITIATOR and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with PROPITIATOR
4 longer words begin with PROPITIATOR.
Shorter words from the letters in PROPITIATOR
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Common questions about PROPITIATOR
- Is PROPITIATOR valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PROPITIATOR, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PROPITIATOR worth?
- PROPITIATOR is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PROPITIATOR mean?
- A person who wins over an angry or powerful being with gifts or gestures of goodwill.
- What letters can be added to PROPITIATOR?
- PROPITIATOR takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of PROPITIATOR:
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