VALVATE is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. VALVATE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept VALVATE?
| 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: 52 / 100
Our own measure of how useful VALVATE is to know. It scores 13 from 7 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for VALVATE
No single letter turns VALVATE into another word.
How VALVATE scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in VALVATE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| v | 2 | 2 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,544 thousand.
What does VALVATE mean in Scrabble?
adjective
botany
Having valves, or in botany having edges that meet without overlapping.
Botanists describe petals or sepals in a bud as valvate when their margins just touch, unlike overlapping arrangements. The second sense is about opening by flaps, like some seed capsules that split into valves.
How VALVATE is used
Valvate is technical and used almost only in botany, and sometimes zoology.
- The sepals of the bud are valvate and do not overlap.
- A valvate capsule splits open along its seams.
- The key was to see whether the petals were valvate or twisted.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of VALVATE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in VALVATE
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Common questions about VALVATE
- Is VALVATE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts VALVATE, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is VALVATE worth?
- VALVATE is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does VALVATE mean?
- Having valves, or in botany having edges that meet without overlapping.
- What letters can be added to VALVATE?
- No single letter can be added to VALVATE to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of VALVATE:
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