TRUNCATE is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. TRUNCATE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept TRUNCATE?
| 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: 43 / 100
Our own measure of how useful TRUNCATE is to know. It scores 10 from 8 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for TRUNCATE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How TRUNCATE scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in TRUNCATE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 2 | 6 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so TRUNCATE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does TRUNCATE mean in Scrabble?
verb
To shorten something by cutting off its top or end.
In computing, programs truncate a long string or a number when they keep only the first part. In geometry the word describes a solid whose corner has been sliced away by a plane.
How TRUNCATE is used
Common in computing and mathematics, and also in general writing when text is truncated.
- The software will truncate any name longer than twenty letters.
- The editor had to truncate the article to fit the page.
- To truncate a pyramid, cut off its tip with a flat plane.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TRUNCATE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with TRUNCATE
3 longer words begin with TRUNCATE.
Shorter words from the letters in TRUNCATE
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Common questions about TRUNCATE
- Is TRUNCATE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts TRUNCATE, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is TRUNCATE worth?
- TRUNCATE is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TRUNCATE mean?
- To shorten something by cutting off its top or end.
- What letters can be added to TRUNCATE?
- TRUNCATE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of TRUNCATE:
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