SULPHATE is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. SULPHATE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SULPHATE?
| 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: 44 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SULPHATE is to know. It scores 13 from 8 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 5.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SULPHATE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SULPHATE scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in SULPHATE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so SULPHATE has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about SULPHATE
- All 8 letters of SULPHATE are different — nothing repeats.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does SULPHATE mean in Scrabble?
noun
Britishchemistry
A salt or ester of sulphuric acid, containing a sulphur atom bonded to four oxygen atoms.
Sulphate compounds range from the gypsum in plaster to the copper sulphate used against garden fungus. Many are dissolved in water, and the British spelling with ph is standard in the UK for this common chemical group.
How SULPHATE is used
Common in chemistry, farming and cleaning products; the American spelling is sulfate.
- Copper sulphate forms bright blue crystals.
- The fertiliser supplies nitrogen in the form of ammonium sulphate.
- Sodium sulphate is added to many washing powders.
- The water was tested for sulphate content.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SULPHATE and 4 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with SULPHATE
2 longer words begin with SULPHATE.
Shorter words from the letters in SULPHATE
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Common questions about SULPHATE
- Is SULPHATE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SULPHATE, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SULPHATE worth?
- SULPHATE is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SULPHATE mean?
- A salt or ester of sulphuric acid, containing a sulphur atom bonded to four oxygen atoms.
- What letters can be added to SULPHATE?
- SULPHATE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of SULPHATE:
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