WATE is valid in Collins, not in North America — 7 points
It depends on the list you play by. WATE is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 7 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept WATE?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Not listed |
Word power: 37 / 100
Our own measure of how useful WATE is to know. It scores 7 from 4 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 7.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for WATE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
waterChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How WATE scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in WATE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| w | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 3,026.
What stands out about WATE
- The same 4 tiles also spell 2 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does WATE mean in Scrabble?
verb
Scotsarchaic
To know; the Scots third-person form of the verb wit.
In older Scots writing wate stood in for the modern verb know when the subject was he, she or it, so a line reading he wate fine what was happening simply meant that he knew it well. The parent verb wit dropped out of everyday English, and wate now survives only in dialect verse, letters and quotations from earlier Scots texts.
How WATE is used
Archaic and regional; found in older Scots writing rather than current speech.
- The old letter says she did not wate when he would return.
- He wate brawly that the road was closed before winter.
- Folk in the glen still say he wate fine what the weather would do.
- The minister wrote that only time wate the hour of judgement.
- She wate the truth long before anyone told her outright.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of WATE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of WATE
The 4 tiles of WATE in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with WATE
Showing 24 of 159 words that begin with WATE.
Words with WATE inside
Showing 24 of 110 words that contain WATE somewhere in the middle. Words that start with WATE are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in WATE
Common questions about WATE
- Is WATE valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and WATE is not in it.
- How many points is WATE worth?
- WATE is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does WATE mean?
- To know; the Scots third-person form of the verb wit.
- What letters can be added to WATE?
- WATE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of WATE:
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