VITTATE is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. VITTATE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept VITTATE?
| 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: 50 / 100
Our own measure of how useful VITTATE is to know. It scores 10 from 7 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 7.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for VITTATE
No single letter turns VITTATE into another word.
How VITTATE scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in VITTATE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| v | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| t | 3 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 411,717.
What does VITTATE mean in Scrabble?
adjective
botany
Marked with stripes or bands, or bearing vittae, which are oil tubes in the fruit of some plants.
Botanists use vittate for fruits, seeds and petals striped lengthwise. In the carrot family the oil tubes, called vittae, give the fruit a ribbed look. Zoologists occasionally use the word for banded markings on animals.
How VITTATE is used
Used in botanical and natural history descriptions.
- The vittate fruit showed dark lines along its length.
- A vittate petal has stripes of colour running to the tip.
- The beetle is vittate, with two pale bands on its back.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of VITTATE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in VITTATE
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Common questions about VITTATE
- Is VITTATE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts VITTATE, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is VITTATE worth?
- VITTATE is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does VITTATE mean?
- Marked with stripes or bands, or bearing vittae, which are oil tubes in the fruit of some plants.
- What letters can be added to VITTATE?
- No single letter can be added to VITTATE to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of VITTATE:
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