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MATE
Scrabble Validity
✅ Valid Word
Valid in:
- SOWPODS/CSW (Scrabble UK)
- TWL/NWL (Scrabble US)
- ENABLE (Words with Friends)
Tile Values
M
3
A
1
T
1
E
1
Σ
6
Definitions
Noun
- a chess move constituting an inescapable and indefensible attack on the opponent's king
- an exact duplicate; "when a match is found an entry is made in the notebook"
- South American tea-like drink made from leaves of a South American holly called mate
- the officer below the master on a commercial ship
- informal term for a friend of the same sex
- the partner of an animal (especially a sexual partner); "he loved the mare and all her mates"; "camels hate leaving their mates"
- a person's partner in marriage
- a fellow member of a team; "it was his first start against his former teammates"
- South American holly; leaves used in making a drink like tea
- one of a pair; "he lost the mate to his shoe"; "one eye was blue but its fellow was brown"
Verb
- place an opponent's king under an attack from which it cannot escape and thus ending the game; "Kasparov checkmated his opponent after only a few moves"
- bring two objects, ideas, or people together; "This fact is coupled to the other one"; "Matchmaker, can you match my daughter with a nice young man?"; "The student was paired with a partner for collaboration on the project"
- engage in sexual intercourse; "Birds mate in the Spring"
Source: Princeton WordNet 3.1
About the word MATE
Yes, MATE is a valid Scrabble word. If you play it, you can score 6 points in Scrabble. It is recognized as a playable word in the SOWPODS/CSW (Scrabble UK), TWL/NWL (Scrabble US), ENABLE (Words with Friends) dictionaries.
MATE is a 4-letter word. It contains 2 vowels and 2 consonants.