Is CLIMATES a valid Scrabble word?
Yes, CLIMATES is a valid word in US Scrabble and UK Scrabble, worth 12 points.
Base score before bonus squares; blank tiles score zero.
What does CLIMATES mean?
Climates is a form of CLIMATE.
- noun
the weather in some location averaged over some long period of time
“the dank climate of southern Wales”
- noun
the prevailing psychological state
“the climate of opinion”
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.
Points
12
Scrabble
15
Words With Friends
8
Letters
C (3) + L (1) + I (1) + M (3) + A (1) + T (1) + E (1) + S (1) = 12 points in Scrabble.
Dictionary status
- Scrabble (US & Canada)Valid
- Scrabble (UK & worldwide)Valid
- Words With FriendsListed
Scrabble lists: NWL2023 (US & Canada) and CSW24 (UK & worldwide). WWF uses our ENABLE reference plus verified additions. “Listed” and “Not listed” describe that reference; check acceptance in the game. Sources reviewed 2026-10-03.
Hooks for CLIMATES
CLIMATES has no one-letter front or back hooks in US Scrabble. Adding a single letter to either end does not make another word in that list.
Front hooks0
None — nothing can be added to the front.
Back hooks0
None — nothing can be added to the end.
Anagrams of CLIMATES
Words that use exactly the same letters.
Words you can make from CLIMATES
The 60 highest-scoring words using these letters.
- clematis12
- meticals12
- calmest11
- camlets11
- climate11
- malices11
- metical11
- meticas11
- sematic11
- amices10
- camels10
- camise10
- camlet10
- claims10
- climes10
- macles10
- malice10
- mastic10
- mescal10
- metica10
- misact10
- elastic9
- laciest9
- latices9
- acmes9
- amice9
- calms9
- camel9
- cames9
- camis9
- claim9
- clams9
- clime9
- emics9
- maces9
- macle9
- malic9
- melic9
- mesic9
- micas9
- atelic8
- castle8
- cleats8
- eclats8
- emails8
- lamest8
- mailes8
- mesial8
- metals8
- misate8
- miseat8
- samiel8
- samite8
- samlet8
- smalti8
- stelic8
- ticals8
- acme8
- calm8
- came8
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