Scrabble & Words with friends points
- mate is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 6
- mate is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 6
- mate is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 7
Definition of mate
- the officer below the master on a commercial ship (noun)
Synonyms
- first mate
- a person's partner in marriage (noun)
Synonyms
- better half
- married person
- partner
- spouse
- a chess move constituting an inescapable and indefensible attack on the opponent's king (noun)
Synonyms
- checkmate
- one of a pair (noun)
Examples
- he lost the mate to his shoe
Synonyms
- fellow
- South American holly; leaves used in making a drink like tea (noun)
Synonyms
- ilex paraguariensis
- paraguay tea
- place an opponent's king under an attack from which it cannot escape and thus ending the game (verb)
Examples
- Kasparov checkmated his opponent after only a few moves
Synonyms
- checkmate
- a fellow member of a team (noun)
Examples
- it was his first start against his former teammates
Synonyms
- teammate
- engage in sexual intercourse (verb)
Examples
- Birds mate in the Spring
Synonyms
- copulate
- couple
- pair
- bring two objects, ideas, or people together (verb)
Synonyms
- couple
- match
- pair
- twin
- an exact duplicate (noun)
Synonyms
- match
- informal term for a friend of the same sex (noun)
- South American tea-like drink made from leaves of a South American holly called mate (noun)
- the partner of an animal (especially a sexual partner) (noun)
Examples
- he loved the mare and all her mates
- camels hate leaving their mates
See definition of mate in Merriam Webster