What AFFRICATE Means
- noun: a composite speech sound consisting of a stop and a fricative articulated at the same point (as ‘ch’ in ‘chair’ and ‘j’ in ‘joy’)
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
AFFRICATE is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 17 in Scrabble and 18 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as A1 F4 F4 R1 I1 C3 A1 T1 E1.
Words Made From The Letters In AFFRICATE
217 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.
7 letter words (2)
6 letter words (16)
5 letter words (57)
AARTIACARIACETAAECIAAFEARAFIREAFRITAFTERARECAAREICARTICATRIACARATCARETCARTACARTECATERCERIACITERCRAFTCRATEERICAFACERFACETFACIAFARCEFARCIFEARTFECITFERIAFIFERFRACTFRATEFRATIFREITIFTARIRATERAITAREACTREATARECITRECTARECTIREFITRETIARIATARIFTETAFIATAIRATERAITIARATRACETREFATREIFTRIACTRICETRIFF
4 letter words (71)
ACAIACERACREACTAAFARAIRTAREAARETARIAARTICAFECAFFCARECARTCATECERTCIRECITECRIACRITERICETICFACEFACTFAIRFAREFARTFATEFEARFEATFETAFIARFIATFICEFIEFFIERFIFEFIREFRAEFRATFRETFRITICERRACARACERAFFRAFTRAIARAITRATARATEREFTREIFRICERIFERIFFRIFTRITETACETARATARETEARTEFFTERFTIARTICETIERTIFFTIRETREFTRIE
3 letter words (54)
ACEACTAFFAFTAIAAIRAITARCAREARFARTATECAACARCATCITEAREATEFFEFTERAERFETAFAAFAEFARFATFERFETFIEFIRFITFRAICEIFFIREITARAIRATRECREFREIRETRIARIFRITTAETAITARTEATECTEFTICTIE
2 letter words (17)
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