RATITE is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. RATITE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 6 points in Scrabble and 6 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept RATITE?
| 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: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful RATITE is to know. It scores 6 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 8.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for RATITE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
ratitesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How RATITE scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in RATITE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| r | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| t | 2 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 13,627.
What stands out about RATITE
- 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 RATITE mean in Scrabble?
noun
zoology
Any of a group of large, flightless birds, such as the ostrich, emu, and kiwi, that have a flat breastbone without the keel found in flying birds.
Ratites share several traits beyond their inability to fly, including strong legs built for running or walking and small, often unused wings. Their name comes from the Latin word for raft, ratis, because their flat breastbone lacks the ridge, or keel, that anchors the powerful flight muscles of flying birds. Ratites are found mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with different species evolved on separate continents such as Africa, Australia, and New Zealand. Scientists still debate exactly how closely related the various ratites are to one another, since flightlessness may have evolved more than once within the group.
How RATITE is used
Technical term from zoology, used to classify ostriches, emus, rheas, kiwis, and related birds.
- The ostrich is the largest living ratite.
- Zoologists studied how each ratite lost the ability to fly.
- The kiwi is an unusual ratite because of its small size.
- Ancient ratites once included even larger flightless birds.
- Museums display skeletons of extinct ratites alongside living species.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of RATITE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of RATITE
The 6 tiles of RATITE in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with RATITE
1 longer words begin with RATITE.
Shorter words from the letters in RATITE
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Common questions about RATITE
- Is RATITE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts RATITE, where it scores 6 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is RATITE worth?
- RATITE is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 6 points in Words with Friends.
- What does RATITE mean?
- Any of a group of large, flightless birds, such as the ostrich, emu, and kiwi, that have a flat breastbone without the keel found in flying birds.
- What letters can be added to RATITE?
- RATITE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of RATITE:
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