SPLAT is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. SPLAT is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SPLAT?
| 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: 28 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SPLAT is to know. It scores 7 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SPLAT
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
splatsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SPLAT scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in SPLAT, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 43,569.
What stands out about SPLAT
- The same 5 tiles also spell 3 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 SPLAT mean in Scrabble?
noun
informal
The soft, wet sound made when something falls or is thrown and hits a surface, or the mark left behind by such an impact.
Splat imitates the sound of something soft and heavy landing abruptly, such as a wet cloth dropped on a floor or an overripe tomato hitting a wall, and the word works equally well as a stand-alone exclamation at the moment of impact. As a noun, a splat can also mean the messy mark or splash left behind by such an impact, a splat of paint or a splat of mud on a windscreen. Cartoons and comics lean on splat heavily as sound-effect text, printed in bold letters right where an object crashes into something else. Because the word imitates a sound so directly, it belongs to the same informal family as bang, thud and crash, words chosen for how closely they echo the noise they describe.
How SPLAT is used
Informal and imitative, common in everyday speech, comics and cartoons rather than formal writing.
- The water balloon landed with a loud splat on the pavement.
- A splat of mud covered the car's windscreen after the storm.
- The comic panel showed the word splat above the falling pie.
- He dropped the wet sponge with a soft splat.
- A splat of paint had dried on the studio floor.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SPLAT and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of SPLAT
The 5 tiles of SPLAT in a different order — 3 found.
Words starting with SPLAT
14 longer words begin with SPLAT.
Words with SPLAT inside
2 words contain SPLAT in the middle. Words that start with SPLAT are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in SPLAT
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Common questions about SPLAT
- Is SPLAT valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SPLAT, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SPLAT worth?
- SPLAT is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SPLAT mean?
- The soft, wet sound made when something falls or is thrown and hits a surface, or the mark left behind by such an impact.
- What letters can be added to SPLAT?
- SPLAT takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of SPLAT:
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