SITUATE is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. SITUATE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 8 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SITUATE?
| 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: 53 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SITUATE is to know. It scores 7 from 7 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 7.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SITUATE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SITUATE scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in SITUATE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| t | 2 | 6 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 68,620.
What does SITUATE mean in Scrabble?
verb
formal
To place something in a particular position or set of circumstances.
Architects situate a house on a slope, and writers situate a story within its historical setting. The verb stresses choosing or fixing a place, not simply being somewhere.
How SITUATE is used
Situate is formal and most often seen in the passive, as in a hotel situated by the lake.
- They chose to situate the school near the river.
- The author tries to situate the poem in its time.
- Engineers will situate the sensors along the ridge.
- It is hard to situate the village on an old map.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SITUATE and 4 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with SITUATE
2 longer words begin with SITUATE.
Shorter words from the letters in SITUATE
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Common questions about SITUATE
- Is SITUATE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SITUATE, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SITUATE worth?
- SITUATE is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SITUATE mean?
- To place something in a particular position or set of circumstances.
- What letters can be added to SITUATE?
- SITUATE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of SITUATE:
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