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Is adulterate a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word adulterate is a Scrabble US word. The word adulterate is worth 11 points in Scrabble:

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Is adulterate a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word adulterate is a Scrabble UK word and has 11 points:

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Yes. The word adulterate is a Words With Friends word. The word adulterate is worth 13 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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10-letter words (1 found)

ADULTERATE,

9-letter words (1 found)

LAUREATED,

8-letter words (2 found)

LAUREATE,RADULATE,

7-letter words (21 found)

ADULATE,AERATED,ALERTED,ALTERED,ARETTED,AURATED,AUREATE,DEALATE,LADETTE,LAETARE,LATERAD,RADULAE,RATTLED,REDEALT,RELATED,TREADLE,TREATED,TUATERA,TURTLED,TUTELAR,UTTERED,

6-letter words (47 found)

ADRATE,AERATE,ALATED,AULDER,AURATE,DARTLE,DATURA,DEALER,DELATE,DERATE,DUELER,ELATED,ELATER,ELUATE,ELUDER,ELUTED,ETTLED,LAERED,LATTER,LAUDER,LAURAE,LEADER,LEARED,LETTED,LETTER,LETTRE,RADULA,RATTED,RATTLE,REDATE,REDEAL,RELATA,RELATE,RETTED,RUTTED,TALEAE,TARTED,TATLER,TATUED,TAUTED,TAUTER,TEARED,TEATED,TELEDU,TERATA,TETRAD,TURTLE,

5-letter words (83 found)

ADULT,ALATE,ALDEA,ALDER,ALERT,ALTAR,ALTER,ALURE,AREAD,AREAE,AREAL,AREDE,ARETE,ARETT,ARLED,ARTAL,ARTEL,ATTAR,AURAE,AURAL,DATAL,DATER,DAULT,DEALT,DEARE,DELTA,DERAT,DETER,DUETT,DURAL,EALED,EARED,EATER,ELATE,ELDER,ELUDE,ELUTE,ETTLE,ETUDE,LADER,LAREE,LATED,LATER,LATTE,LAURA,LEARE,LEEAR,LERED,LURED,LUTEA,LUTED,LUTER,RATAL,RATED,RATEL,REATA,REATE,RELET,RUEDA,RULED,TALAR,TALEA,TALER,TARED,TATAR,TATER,TAULD,TEADE,TEAED,TELAE,TETRA,TRADE,TREAD,TREAT,TREED,TRUED,TUART,TUTEE,ULTRA,URATE,URDEE,UREAL,UTTER,

4-letter words (107 found)

ALAE,ALAR,ALEE,AREA,ARED,ARET,ARLE,ATUA,AULA,AULD,AURA,DAAL,DALE,DALT,DARE,DART,DATA,DATE,DAUR,DAUT,DEAL,DEAR,DEER,DEET,DELE,DELT,DERE,DRAT,DREE,DUAL,DUAR,DUEL,DUET,DULE,DURA,DURE,EALE,EARD,EARL,ERED,ETAT,LADE,LAER,LARD,LARE,LATE,LATU,LAUD,LEAD,LEAR,LEAT,LEDE,LEED,LEER,LEET,LERE,LEUD,LUDE,LURE,LUTE,RADE,RALE,RATA,RATE,RATU,READ,REAL,REDE,REED,REEL,RETE,RUDE,RUED,RULE,TAAL,TAED,TAEL,TALA,TALE,TARA,TARE,TART,TATE,TATU,TAUT,TEAD,TEAL,TEAR,TEAT,TEED,TEEL,TEER,TELA,TELD,TELE,TELT,TETE,TRAD,TRAT,TREE,TRET,TRUE,TULE,TURD,UDAL,URDE,UREA,

3-letter words (60 found)

AAL,ALA,ALE,ALT,ALU,ARD,ARE,ART,ATE,ATT,AUA,AUE,DAE,DAL,DEE,DEL,DUE,EAR,EAT,EAU,EEL,ELD,ELT,ERA,ERE,ETA,LAD,LAR,LAT,LEA,LED,LEE,LET,LEU,LUD,LUR,RAD,RAT,RED,REE,RET,RUD,RUE,RUT,TAD,TAE,TAR,TAT,TAU,TEA,TED,TEE,TEL,TET,TUT,ULE,URD,URE,UTA,UTE,

2-letter words (20 found)

AA,AD,AE,AL,AR,AT,DA,DE,EA,ED,EE,EL,ER,ET,LA,RE,TA,TE,UR,UT,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 343 words from adulterate according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of adulterate

adulterate

Etymology

From Latin adulterātus (“(adjective) adulterated; of mixed descent; (verb) adulterated, corrupted, defiled, polluted; committed adultery with; (figuratively) counterfeited, falsified”) + English -ate (suffix forming adjectives with the sense ‘having the specified thing’, and verbs with the sense ‘acting in the specified manner’). Adulterātus is the perfect passive participle of adulterō (“to adulterate, corrupt, defile, pollute; to commit adultery with; (figuratively) to counterfeit, falsify”) + -ātus (suffix forming adjectives indicating the possession of a thing or a quality, from nouns); adulterō is derived from ad- (prefix intensifying the action of verbs) + alterō (“to alter, change”) (from alter (“the other”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- (“beyond; other”) + *-teros (suffix forming contrastive or oppositional adjectives)) + -ō (suffix forming first-conjugation verbs).

Pronunciation

  • Adjective:
    • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /əˈdʌltəɹət/
    • (General American) IPA(key): /əˈdʌltəɹət/, [-ˈdəl-]
  • Verb:
    • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /əˈdʌltəɹeɪt/, [-ˈdɒl-]
    • (General American) IPA(key): /əˈdʌltəˌɹeɪt/, [-ˈdəl-]
  • Hyphenation: adul‧ter‧ate

Adjective

adulterate (comparative more adulterate, superlative most adulterate) (archaic, literary)

  1. Corrupted or made impure by being mixed with something else; adulterated. [common in the 16th and 17th c.]
  2. Tending to commit adultery; relating to or being the product of adultery; adulterous. [common in the 16th and 17th c.]

Derived terms

  • adulterateness
  • adulterator
  • unadulterate

Translations

Verb

adulterate (third-person singular simple present adulterates, present participle adulterating, simple past and past participle adulterated)

  1. (transitive) To corrupt, to debase (someone or something).
    Synonym: sophisticate
  2. (transitive) To make less valuable or spoil (something) by adding impurities or other substances.
    Synonyms: (obsolete) adulter, debase, sophisticate
  3. (transitive, archaic) To commit adultery with (someone).
    Synonym: (obsolete) adulter
  4. (transitive, archaic) To defile (someone) by adultery.
  5. (intransitive, also figuratively, archaic) To commit adultery.

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Further reading

  • adulterant on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “adulterate”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

Italian

Etymology 1

Verb

adulterate

  1. inflection of adulterare:
    1. second-person plural present indicative
    2. second-person plural imperative

Etymology 2

Participle

adulterate f pl

  1. feminine plural of adulterato

Latin

Verb

adulterāte

  1. second-person plural present active imperative of adulterō

Spanish

Verb

adulterate

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

Source: wiktionary.org