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BLATE

5 letters, 7 points in Scrabble, 2 vowels

What BLATE Means

  1. verb: cry plaintively“The lambs were bleating”
  2. adjective: disposed to avoid notice“they considered themselves a tough outfit and weren't bashful about letting anybody know it”

Similar words

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

BLATE is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 7 in Scrabble and 8 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as B3 L1 A1 T1 E1.

Anagrams of BLATE (3)

Same letters, different order. Any of these plays the same tiles for the same score.

Words Made From The Letters In BLATE

49 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.

4 letter words (18)

3 letter words (19)

2 letter words (12)

Longer Words Containing BLATE

BLATE appears inside each of these, which is what makes it worth knowing as a hook.

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