When we consider the 2000 most commonly played bingos in Scrabble under the OWL2 word list, we find that the FIFTH most common ending letters for these bingos are the letters -ATE. In another article we describe why this is important.
To become a better Scrabble player, you need to increase the number of bingo words that you are capable of playing. An efficient way to do this is to first learn the most commonly played bingos with the most commonly used endings.
The most commonly played bingos that end in -ATE are:
1. etiolate
2. odonate
3. areolate
4. eradiate
5. eluviate
6. alienate
7. violate
8. iodinate
9. aureate
10. ozonate
11. foveate
12. obviate
13. initiate
14. vitiate
15. elongate
16. isolate
17. virgate
18. unornate
19. neonate
20. overate
21. lineate
22. detonate
23. agitate
24. roseate
25. laureate
26. innovate
27. ruinate
28. intonate
29. foliate
30. renovate
31. outrate
32. obovate
33. nauseate
34. tolerate
35. niobate
36. irrigate
37. deviate
38. variate
39. sinuate
40. regulate
41. levigate
42. ovulate
43. indurate
44. adequate
45. ocreate
46. liquate
47. digitate
48. coequate
49. runagate
50. torquate
You probably never thought of playing AREOLATE! But it's actually commonly played, which means two things: the necessary letters will often end up in your rack and the opportunity to play the word (by linking it to something on the board) will often arise.
As usual, the list is in playrank order starting from the most often played word ETIOLATE; and, the list only applies to games played under the OWL2 word list. Note that many of these words are excellent vowel dumps.
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