SLATE is a valid Scrabble word — 5 points
Yes. SLATE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 5 points in Scrabble and 6 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SLATE?
| 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: 39 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SLATE is to know. It scores 5 from 5 tiles, takes 4 hooks, and its letters make up 7.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SLATE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SLATE scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in SLATE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 7,262.
What stands out about SLATE
- The same 5 tiles also spell 12 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 SLATE mean in Scrabble?
noun
A fine-grained grey or bluish rock that splits easily into thin, smooth layers, traditionally used for roofing tiles and as a writing surface; also a list of candidates or items proposed for selection, and, in some regions, a schedule of planned events.
Builders have roofed houses with slate for centuries because the stone splits into flat, waterproof sheets that shed rain far better than many alternatives, while schoolchildren once wrote their lessons on small handheld slates before paper became cheap. From the schoolroom slate came the figurative sense of a clean slate, meaning a fresh start with the past wiped away. In politics and business, a slate instead names the full list of candidates a party puts forward for election, or, as a verb, to slate something means to schedule it for a particular time.
How SLATE is used
Used literally for the roofing and writing stone, and figuratively for lists of candidates, schedules and the phrase clean slate.
- Workers replaced the broken slate tiles on the old roof.
- The teacher wrote the sum on a small slate.
- The party announced its full slate of candidates for the election.
- He hoped the new job would let him start with a clean slate.
- The meeting was slated for early next week.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SLATE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of SLATE
The 5 tiles of SLATE in a different order — 12 found.
Words starting with SLATE
6 longer words begin with SLATE.
Words ending in SLATE
5 words end in SLATE. Useful as a back hook: play SLATE onto a word already on the board.
Words with SLATE inside
11 words contain SLATE in the middle. Words that start with SLATE are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in SLATE
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Common questions about SLATE
- Is SLATE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SLATE, where it scores 6 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SLATE worth?
- SLATE is worth 5 points in Scrabble and 6 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SLATE mean?
- A fine-grained grey or bluish rock that splits easily into thin, smooth layers, traditionally used for roofing tiles and as a writing surface; also a list of candidates or items proposed for selection, and, in some regions, a schedule of planned events.
- What letters can be added to SLATE?
- SLATE takes 4 hooks: 0 in front and 4 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of SLATE:
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