VENENATE is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. VENENATE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept VENENATE?
| 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: 48 / 100
Our own measure of how useful VENENATE is to know. It scores 11 from 8 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 8.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for VENENATE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How VENENATE scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in VENENATE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| v | 1 | 2 |
| e | 3 | 12 |
| n | 2 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so VENENATE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does VENENATE mean in Scrabble?
verb
rare
To poison, or to infect something with poison.
A rare, bookish verb that turns up mostly in older medical and natural-history writing. Modern speakers would reach for the plain verb poison instead, so venenate suits Scrabble racks better than conversation.
How VENENATE is used
Venenate appears in archaic or technical prose about toxins and envenoming.
- The old herbal warned that some berries could venenate the water they were boiled in.
- Snakes venenate their prey through hollow fangs.
- He feared the cook meant to venenate the soup.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of VENENATE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with VENENATE
2 longer words begin with VENENATE.
Shorter words from the letters in VENENATE
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Common questions about VENENATE
- Is VENENATE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts VENENATE, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is VENENATE worth?
- VENENATE is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does VENENATE mean?
- To poison, or to infect something with poison.
- What letters can be added to VENENATE?
- VENENATE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of VENENATE:
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