What BATE Means
- verb: moderate or restrain; lessen the force of“He bated his breath when talking about this affair”
- verb: flap the wings wildly or frantically; used of falcons
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
BATE is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 6 in Scrabble and 7 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as B3 A1 T1 E1.
Anagrams of BATE (3)
Same letters, different order. Any of these plays the same tiles for the same score.
Words Made From The Letters In BATE
17 shorter words come out of these tiles. On a board that matters more than the long play, because a short word on a premium square often beats a long one on plain squares.
3 letter words (8)
2 letter words (9)
Longer Words Containing BATE
BATE appears inside each of these, which is what makes it worth knowing as a hook.
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