SPATE is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. SPATE 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 SPATE?
| 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 SPATE is to know. It scores 7 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SPATE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
spatesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SPATE scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in SPATE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 14,523.
What stands out about SPATE
- The same 5 tiles also spell 7 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 SPATE mean in Scrabble?
noun
A sudden rush or outpouring of something, especially a large number of events happening close together, or a flood caused by heavy rain.
Spate first described a river swollen and rushing after heavy rain, a sense still used by anglers and country writers describing a stream in spate. From that flood image, English broadened spate to cover any sudden burst of activity, from a spate of burglaries in a neighborhood to a spate of good reviews for a new film. The dialect spelling spait records the same word as it was written in older Scottish and northern English texts.
How SPATE is used
Common in news writing to describe a sudden cluster of similar events, such as a spate of accidents or complaints.
- The town suffered a spate of burglaries over the holiday weekend.
- Heavy rain sent the river into spate, flooding the low fields.
- A spate of resignations left the department short-staffed.
- Critics noted a recent spate of superhero films at the box office.
- The clinic saw a spate of flu cases after the school reopened.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SPATE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of SPATE
The 5 tiles of SPATE in a different order — 7 found.
Words starting with SPATE
1 longer words begin with SPATE.
Words ending in SPATE
3 words end in SPATE. Useful as a back hook: play SPATE onto a word already on the board.
Words with SPATE inside
2 words contain SPATE in the middle. Words that start with SPATE are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in SPATE
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Common questions about SPATE
- Is SPATE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SPATE, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SPATE worth?
- SPATE is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SPATE mean?
- A sudden rush or outpouring of something, especially a large number of events happening close together, or a flood caused by heavy rain.
- What letters can be added to SPATE?
- SPATE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of SPATE:
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