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CORPORATE means relating to a corporation or large company; shared by all members of a group; united or combined into one body. Worth 13 points in Scrabble.
13
Points in Scrabble
Base tile values • No multipliers applied
CORPORATE describes anything related to corporations or large business entities. From corporate culture and corporate governance to corporate responsibility, it's a word central to modern business vocabulary. The term can describe both the formal aspects of business (corporate law, corporate finance) and its cultural dimensions (corporate ladder, corporate speak). In Scrabble, this 9-letter word scores 13 base points, with two valuable tiles: C (3 points) and P (3 points).
CORPORATE comes from Latin "corporatus," past participle of "corporare" meaning "to form into a body," from "corpus" (body). It entered English in the 15th century meaning "united in one body." The business sense emerged in the 1760s with the rise of chartered corporations. The modern usage expanded greatly in the 20th century with phrases like "corporate culture" (1960s) and "corporate identity" (1970s).
•CORPORATE contains two high-value tiles (C and P) worth 3 points each
•The word can be broken into CORP, RATE, PORE, and PORT - all valid Scrabble words
•CORPORATE shares the root CORP- with CORPORATION, CORPORAL, and INCORPORATE
"The corporate headquarters moved to a new sustainable building downtown."
"She climbed the corporate ladder through dedication and strategic thinking."
Words that share similar meanings or letter patterns with CORPORATE:
BUSINESS
Commercial entity
COMPANY
Business organization
COMMERCIAL
Business-related
COLLECTIVE
Group entity
Total base points: 13 (Scrabble)
Vowels: 4 | Consonants: 5
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