TRANSLATABLE is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. TRANSLATABLE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 18 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept TRANSLATABLE?
| 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: 26 / 100
Our own measure of how useful TRANSLATABLE is to know. It scores 14 from 12 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for TRANSLATABLE
No single letter turns TRANSLATABLE into another word.
How TRANSLATABLE scores
Face value of the 12 tiles in TRANSLATABLE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 2 | 6 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| a | 3 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| l | 2 | 4 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so TRANSLATABLE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does TRANSLATABLE mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Able to be put into another language or form.
Translatable text can be carried across languages without losing its sense. A pun is famously hard to make translatable, while a plain instruction manual is easily so. Programmers also call strings translatable when they can be localised.
How TRANSLATABLE is used
Translatable is often used with a negative or with words like easily and readily.
- Not every joke is translatable.
- The poem is hardly translatable into English.
- Mark each translatable string in the menu.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TRANSLATABLE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in TRANSLATABLE
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Common questions about TRANSLATABLE
- Is TRANSLATABLE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts TRANSLATABLE, where it scores 18 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is TRANSLATABLE worth?
- TRANSLATABLE is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TRANSLATABLE mean?
- Able to be put into another language or form.
- What letters can be added to TRANSLATABLE?
- No single letter can be added to TRANSLATABLE to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 12 letters of TRANSLATABLE:
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