TANTALATE is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. TANTALATE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept TANTALATE?
| 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: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful TANTALATE is to know. It scores 9 from 9 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 7.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for TANTALATE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
tantalatesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How TANTALATE scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in TANTALATE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 3 | 6 |
| a | 3 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so TANTALATE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does TANTALATE mean in Scrabble?
noun
chemistry
A chemical salt formed from an acid of tantalum, containing tantalum combined with oxygen.
Lithium tantalate is the best-known example and turns up in electronics, where its crystals are used in filters and sensors. In chemistry texts the word names a whole family of compounds rather than a single substance.
How TANTALATE is used
A chemistry and materials-science term, normally paired with a metal name such as lithium.
- The lab grew a large crystal of lithium tantalate.
- A tantalate forms when tantalum oxide is dissolved in a strong alkali.
- Each tantalate in the series had slightly different electrical properties.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TANTALATE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with TANTALATE
1 longer words begin with TANTALATE.
Shorter words from the letters in TANTALATE
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Common questions about TANTALATE
- Is TANTALATE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts TANTALATE, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is TANTALATE worth?
- TANTALATE is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TANTALATE mean?
- A chemical salt formed from an acid of tantalum, containing tantalum combined with oxygen.
- What letters can be added to TANTALATE?
- TANTALATE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of TANTALATE:
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