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Is pirate a Scrabble word?

Yes, pirate is a valid Scrabble word! Worth 8 points in Scrabble.

Word Games

  • Scrabble US/Canada (OTCWL) Yes
  • Scrabble UK (SOWPODS) Yes
  • Wordle No
  • Words With Friends Yes

What is the meaning of pirate?

Definition

noun (English)

1. (crime) A criminal who plunders at sea; commonly attacking merchant vessels, though often pillaging port towns.Examples: "You should be cautious due to the Somali pirates."Synonyms: buccaneer, corsair, sea-robber

2. (by extension) One who breaks intellectual property laws by reproducing protected works without permission.Examples: "And Gnutella, Freenet and other pirate tools will offer plunderings beyond Fanning's fantasies."; "They had watches that said Gucci or Rolex on them even though it was obvious they'd come straight here from some pirate factory in China."; "If we untangle the claim that technology has turned Johnny Teenager into a pirate, what turns out to be fueling it is the idea that if Johnny Teenager were to share his unauthorized copy with two million of his closest friends the effect on a record company would be pretty similar to the effect of some CD factory's creating two million CDs and selling them cheap."Synonyms: bootleggerbroadly

3. (ornithology) A bird which practises kleptoparasitism.

verb (English)

1. (transitive) To appropriate by piracy; to plunder at sea.Examples: "They pirated the tanker and sailed to a port where they could sell the ship and cargo."transitive

2. (transitive, copyright law) To create and/or sell an unauthorized copy of.Examples: "If a book is pirated there is a remedy for the author and publisher; if a photograph or an engraving is made of a picture without permission the law protects the painter."transitive

3. (transitive, copyright law) To knowingly obtain an unauthorized copy of.Examples: "Not willing to pay full price for the computer game, Heidi pirated a copy."; "In the 1970s cable companies began to pirate some of the football games that the networks had contracted to televise."; "College students, with their limited budgets, often pirate software to save their money for buying more important items (like beer)."Synonyms: plagiarize, counterfeittransitive

4. (intransitive) To engage in piracy.Examples: "He pirated in the Atlantic for years before becoming a privateer for the Queen."intransitive

5. (transitive, intransitive, Philippines) To entice an employee to switch from a competing company to one's own.Philippinesintransitivetransitive

noun (English)

1. (sports) someone connected with any of a number of sports teams known as the Pirates, as a fan, player, coach etc.

2. (sports) someone connected with any of a number of sports teams known as the Pirates, as a fan, player, coach etc.

Definition source: Wiktionary

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

How many Scrabble points is the word "pirate"?

Scrabble
8 points
P3
I1
R1
A1
T1
E1
Words With Friends
9 points
P4
I1
R1
A1
T1
E1

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