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Is late a Scrabble word?

Yes, late is a valid Scrabble word! Worth 4 points in Scrabble.

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  • Scrabble UK (SOWPODS) Yes
  • Wordle No
  • Words With Friends Yes

What is the meaning of late?

Definition

adj (English)

1. (usually not comparable) Associated with the end of a period.Examples: "Late Latin is less fully inflected than classical Latin."not-comparableusually

2. (not comparable, euphemistic) Deceased, dead: used particularly when speaking of the dead person's actions while alive. (Generally must be preceded by a possessive or an article, commonly "the"; see usage notes. Can itself only precede the person's name, never follow it.)Examples: "Her late husband had left her well provided for."; "Mary was entitled to the crown by her late father’s testament."; "To Edward […] he was terrible, nerve-inflaming, poisonously asphyxiating. He sat rocking himself in the late Mr. Churchill's swing chair, smoking and twaddling."euphemisticnot-comparable

3. (astronomy) Of a star or class of stars, cooler than the sun.

noun (English)

1. (informal) A shift (scheduled work period) that takes place late in the day or at night.Examples: "At about 11 pm one night in Corporation Street my watch were on van patrol and Yellow Watch were on late as usual."informal

noun (English)

1. (pathology) Acronym of limbic-predominant age-related TDP-43 encephalopathy, a form of dementia.Examples: "We describe a recently recognized disease entity, limbic-predominant age-related TDP-43 encephalopathy (LATE). LATE neuropathological change (LATE-NC) is defined by a stereotypical TDP-43 proteinopathy in older adults, with or without coexisting hippocampal sclerosis pathology."; "The clinical entity LATE (limbic-predominant age-related TDP-43 encephalopathy) has recently emerged."; "The framework of LATE would account for the pathogenetic impact of limbic TDP-43 proteinopathy as a driver of amnestic dementia, either together with comorbid typical AD changes or as a distinct feature."abbreviationacronymalt-ofuncountable

Definition source: Wiktionary

What Scrabble words can I make with the letters in "late"?

How many Scrabble points is the word "late"?

Scrabble
4 points
L1
A1
T1
E1
Words With Friends
5 points
L2
A1
T1
E1

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