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Is actuate a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word actuate is a Scrabble US word. The word actuate is worth 9 points in Scrabble:

A1C3T1U1A1T1E1

Is actuate a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word actuate is a Scrabble UK word and has 9 points:

A1C3T1U1A1T1E1

Is actuate a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word actuate is a Words With Friends word. The word actuate is worth 11 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

A1C4T1U2A1T1E1

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7-letter words (1 found)

ACTUATE,

6-letter words (1 found)

ACUATE,

5-letter words (4 found)

ACETA,ACUTE,TACET,TECTA,

4-letter words (11 found)

ACTA,ATUA,CATE,CUTE,ETAT,TACE,TACT,TATE,TATU,TAUT,TEAT,

3-letter words (23 found)

ACE,ACT,ATE,ATT,AUA,AUE,CAA,CAT,CUE,CUT,EAT,EAU,ECU,ETA,TAE,TAT,TAU,TEA,TEC,TET,TUT,UTA,UTE,

2-letter words (8 found)

AA,AE,AT,EA,ET,TA,TE,UT,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 49 words from actuate according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of actuate

actuate

Etymology

From Medieval Latin āctuātus, perfect passive participle of āctuō (“actuate, implement”), from Latin āctus, perfect passive participle of agō (“do, act”).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈæktʃu.eɪt/, /ˈæktju.eɪt/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈækt͡ʃu.eɪt/

Verb

actuate (third-person singular simple present actuates, present participle actuating, simple past and past participle actuated)

  1. (transitive) To activate, or to put into motion; to animate.
    • November 6, 1750, Samuel Johnson, The Rambler No. 67
      Wings, which others were contriving to actuate by the perpetual motion.
  2. (transitive) To incite to action; to motivate.
    • 1748, David Hume, Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral, 2. ed., London, Oxford University Press, 1973. § 11.
      A man in a fit of anger, is actuated in a very different manner from one who only thinks of that emotion.

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  • actualise, actualize

Latin

Verb

āctuāte

  1. second-person plural present active imperative of āctuō

Spanish

Verb

actuate

  1. second-person singular voseo imperative of actuar combined with te

Source: wiktionary.org