TARTRATE is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. TARTRATE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 8 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept TARTRATE?
| 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 TARTRATE is to know. It scores 8 from 8 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 7.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for TARTRATE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How TARTRATE scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in TARTRATE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 3 | 6 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| r | 2 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so TARTRATE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does TARTRATE mean in Scrabble?
noun
chemistry
A salt or ester formed from tartaric acid.
A tartrate is the form in which tartaric acid turns up in wine, where small crystals of it can settle at the bottom of a bottle. Chemists and pharmacists meet the tartrate group in baking powder ingredients and in some medicines.
How TARTRATE is used
Tartrate is a chemistry word, used in labels, lab notes, and discussions of wine making.
- The glassy crystals in the bottle were a harmless tartrate that had settled out of the wine.
- Potassium tartrate is a common ingredient in older recipes for baking.
- The pharmacist explained that the drug was supplied as a tartrate.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TARTRATE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with TARTRATE
2 longer words begin with TARTRATE.
Shorter words from the letters in TARTRATE
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Common questions about TARTRATE
- Is TARTRATE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts TARTRATE, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is TARTRATE worth?
- TARTRATE is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TARTRATE mean?
- A salt or ester formed from tartaric acid.
- What letters can be added to TARTRATE?
- TARTRATE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of TARTRATE:
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