WHEREAT is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. WHEREAT is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept WHEREAT?
| 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: 54 / 100
Our own measure of how useful WHEREAT is to know. It scores 13 from 7 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 7.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for WHEREAT
No single letter turns WHEREAT into another word.
How WHEREAT scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in WHEREAT, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| w | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 187,144.
What stands out about WHEREAT
- The same 7 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 WHEREAT mean in Scrabble?
adverb
formalarchaic
At which point or place, or at what.
In old prose whereat links a reaction to what has just happened, as in "whereat he laughed". It belongs to the where- family of stiff connecting words that modern English has largely dropped.
How WHEREAT is used
Whereat is archaic and found chiefly in older formal writing.
- He told a joke, whereat everyone laughed.
- The door opened, whereat the dog barked.
- Whereat are you so offended?
Written for this site: 1 meaning of WHEREAT and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of WHEREAT
The 7 tiles of WHEREAT in a different order — 2 found.
Shorter words from the letters in WHEREAT
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Common questions about WHEREAT
- Is WHEREAT valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts WHEREAT, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is WHEREAT worth?
- WHEREAT is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does WHEREAT mean?
- At which point or place, or at what.
- What letters can be added to WHEREAT?
- No single letter can be added to WHEREAT to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of WHEREAT:
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