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Is agate a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word agate is a Scrabble US word. The word agate is worth 6 points in Scrabble:

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Is agate a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word agate is a Scrabble UK word and has 6 points:

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5-letter words (1 found)

AGATE,

4-letter words (3 found)

GATE,GEAT,GETA,

3-letter words (12 found)

AGA,AGE,ATE,EAT,ETA,GAE,GAT,GET,TAE,TAG,TEA,TEG,

2-letter words (8 found)

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

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 25 words from agate according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of agate

agate gaate aagte aagte gaate agate agtae gatae atgae tagae gtaae tgaae aatge aatge atage taage atage taage gatae agtae gtaae tgaae atgae tagae agaet gaaet aaget aaget gaaet agaet ageat gaeat aegat eagat geaat egaat aaegt aaegt aeagt eaagt aeagt eaagt gaeat ageat geaat egaat aegat eagat agtea gatea atgea tagea gtaea tgaea ageta gaeta aegta eagta geata egata atega taega aetga eatga teaga etaga gteaa tgeaa getaa egtaa tegaa etgaa aateg aateg ataeg taaeg ataeg taaeg aaetg aaetg aeatg eaatg aeatg eaatg ateag taeag aetag eatag teaag etaag ateag taeag aetag eatag teaag etaag gatea agtea gtaea tgaea atgea tagea gaeta ageta geata egata aegta eagta gteaa tgeaa getaa egtaa tegaa etgaa atega taega aetga eatga teaga etaga

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Definitions and meaning of agate

agate

Etymology 1

From Middle French agathe, from Latin achatēs, from Ancient Greek ἀχάτης (akhátēs, “agate”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈæɡ.ɪt/
  • (weak vowel merger) IPA(key): /ˈæɡ.ət/
  • Rhymes: -æɡɪt

Noun

agate (countable and uncountable, plural agates)

  1. (countable, uncountable, mineralogy) A semitransparent, uncrystallized silicate mineral and semiprecious stone, presenting various tints in the same specimen, with colors delicately arranged and often curved in parallel alternating dark and light stripes or bands, or blended in clouds; various authorities call it a variety of chalcedony, a variety of quartz, or a combination of the two.
  2. (uncountable, US printing, dated) The size of type between pearl and nonpareil, standardized as 5+1⁄2-point.
  3. (countable, typography) One fourteenth of an inch.
  4. (countable, obsolete) A diminutive person; so called in allusion to the small figures cut in agate for rings and seals.
  5. (countable) A tool used by gold-wire drawers, bookbinders, etc.;—so called from the agate fixed in it for burnishing.
  6. (countable) A marble made from agate.
  7. (slang, usually in the plural) A testicle.
Synonyms
  • (type size): (UK) ruby
  • (marble): aggie
Hypernyms
  • silica (any mineral of the silica group)
Hyponyms
  • (mineralogy): fortification agate, Scotch pebble; moss agate, clouded agate

Derived terms

Related terms
  • aggie
Translations

Etymology 2

a- (“on”) +‎ gate (“way”)

Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): /əˈɡæt/

Adverb

agate (not comparable)

  1. (obsolete) On the way; agoing.

Basque

Etymology

From Proto-Basque *anate, from Latin anatem (“duck”).

Pronunciation

  • (Biscayan) IPA(key): /aɡate/, [a.ɣ̞a.t̪e̞]

Noun

agate inan

  1. (Biscayan) Alternative form of ahate.

Esperanto

Adverb

agate

  1. present adverbial passive participle of agi

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /a.ɡat/

Noun

agate f (plural agates)

  1. agate

Further reading

  • “agate”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Ido

Verb

agate

  1. adverbial present passive participle of agar

Italian

Noun

agate f

  1. plural of agata

Anagrams

  • Gaeta

Mezquital Otomi

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish ágata, from Old French agathe, from Latin achates, from Ancient Greek ἀχάτης (akhátēs).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ǎɣáte/

Noun

ǎgáte

  1. agate

References

  • Hernández Cruz, Luis, Victoria Torquemada, Moisés (2010) Diccionario del hñähñu (otomí) del Valle del Mezquital, estado de Hidalgo (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 45)‎[1] (in Spanish), second edition, Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 3

Scots

Alternative forms

  • agait

Etymology

a- (“on”) +‎ gate

Adverb

agate (not comparable)

  1. On the road, afoot, going about
  2. away

References

  • “agate, adv.” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.

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