SCUTELLATE is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. SCUTELLATE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SCUTELLATE?
| 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: 29 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SCUTELLATE is to know. It scores 12 from 10 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SCUTELLATE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
scutellatedChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How SCUTELLATE scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in SCUTELLATE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| t | 2 | 6 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| l | 2 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so SCUTELLATE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does SCUTELLATE mean in Scrabble?
adjective
technicalzoologybotany
Covered with small shield-like plates, or shaped like a small shield or dish.
Biologists call a bird's leg or a plant part scutellate when its surface carries a pattern of tiny plates. The term is purely descriptive and found in field guides and taxonomic keys.
How SCUTELLATE is used
Used in zoology and botany to describe surface structure.
- The bird has a scutellate tarsus covered in neat scales.
- A scutellate leaf looks like a tiny round shield.
- The key asks whether the foot is scutellate or smooth.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SCUTELLATE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with SCUTELLATE
1 longer words begin with SCUTELLATE.
Shorter words from the letters in SCUTELLATE
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Common questions about SCUTELLATE
- Is SCUTELLATE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SCUTELLATE, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SCUTELLATE worth?
- SCUTELLATE is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SCUTELLATE mean?
- Covered with small shield-like plates, or shaped like a small shield or dish.
- What letters can be added to SCUTELLATE?
- SCUTELLATE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of SCUTELLATE:
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