SORORATE is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. SORORATE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 8 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SORORATE?
| 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: 40 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SORORATE is to know. It scores 8 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 7.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SORORATE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
sororatesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SORORATE scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in SORORATE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| r | 2 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so SORORATE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does SORORATE mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A custom in which a widower marries a sister of his dead wife.
Anthropologists use sororate for this marriage practice, which keeps ties between two families after a death. It is the mirror of the levirate, where a widow weds her late husband's brother.
How SORORATE is used
Anthropology term for a kinship and marriage custom.
- The sororate kept the two clans allied.
- Some societies practised the sororate after a wife died.
- The textbook contrasted the sororate with the levirate.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SORORATE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with SORORATE
1 longer words begin with SORORATE.
Shorter words from the letters in SORORATE
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Common questions about SORORATE
- Is SORORATE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SORORATE, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SORORATE worth?
- SORORATE is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SORORATE mean?
- A custom in which a widower marries a sister of his dead wife.
- What letters can be added to SORORATE?
- SORORATE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of SORORATE:
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