VERTEBRATE is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. VERTEBRATE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept VERTEBRATE?
| 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: 38 / 100
Our own measure of how useful VERTEBRATE is to know. It scores 15 from 10 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 7.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for VERTEBRATE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How VERTEBRATE scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in VERTEBRATE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| v | 1 | 2 |
| e | 3 | 12 |
| r | 2 | 6 |
| t | 2 | 6 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so VERTEBRATE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does VERTEBRATE mean in Scrabble?
noun
zoology
An animal with a backbone, such as a fish, amphibian, reptile, bird or mammal.
Biologists separate vertebrates from invertebrates such as insects, worms and snails. Though vertebrates are a minority of animal species, they include most of the large animals people know best.
How VERTEBRATE is used
Vertebrate is used in biology and school science as a basic category, and also as an adjective.
- A frog is a vertebrate, while a snail is not.
- The fossil came from an early vertebrate that lived in the sea.
- Every vertebrate has some form of spinal column.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of VERTEBRATE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with VERTEBRATE
2 longer words begin with VERTEBRATE.
Shorter words from the letters in VERTEBRATE
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Common questions about VERTEBRATE
- Is VERTEBRATE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts VERTEBRATE, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is VERTEBRATE worth?
- VERTEBRATE is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does VERTEBRATE mean?
- An animal with a backbone, such as a fish, amphibian, reptile, bird or mammal.
- What letters can be added to VERTEBRATE?
- VERTEBRATE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of VERTEBRATE:
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