SUBLATE is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. SUBLATE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SUBLATE?
| 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: 52 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SUBLATE is to know. It scores 9 from 7 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 5.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SUBLATE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SUBLATE scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in SUBLATE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 192,992.
What does SUBLATE mean in Scrabble?
verb
technical
To negate something while preserving part of it within a higher unity, as in Hegelian philosophy.
To sublate is a translation tool for the German Aufheben, which means to cancel and to keep at once. In Hegel's dialectic a thesis and its opposite are sublated into a fuller synthesis. Older English also used sublate simply for to deny or to take away.
How SUBLATE is used
Mostly found in philosophy, where it describes a step in dialectical reasoning.
- Hegel says the contradiction is sublated rather than simply erased.
- The new theory seeks to sublate both earlier positions.
- To sublate an idea is to overcome it yet keep its truth.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SUBLATE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with SUBLATE
2 longer words begin with SUBLATE.
Shorter words from the letters in SUBLATE
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Common questions about SUBLATE
- Is SUBLATE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SUBLATE, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SUBLATE worth?
- SUBLATE is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SUBLATE mean?
- To negate something while preserving part of it within a higher unity, as in Hegelian philosophy.
- What letters can be added to SUBLATE?
- SUBLATE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of SUBLATE:
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