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Is articulate a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word articulate is a Scrabble US word. The word articulate is worth 12 points in Scrabble:

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Is articulate a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word articulate is a Scrabble UK word and has 12 points:

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Is articulate a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word articulate is a Words With Friends word. The word articulate is worth 15 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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10-letter words (1 found)

ARTICULATE,

9-letter words (1 found)

ACTUALITE,

8-letter words (5 found)

CULTRATE,RETICULA,TAILRACE,TRACTILE,URTICATE,

7-letter words (33 found)

ACTUATE,ARCUATE,ARIETTA,ARTICLE,ATRETIC,AURELIA,AURICLE,CATTAIL,CATTIER,CITRATE,CLATTER,CLITTER,CLUTTER,CUITTLE,CULTIER,CURTAIL,CURTATE,CUTTIER,LACTATE,LATTICE,RATTAIL,RECITAL,TACTILE,TACTUAL,TALCIER,TEACART,TERTIAL,TITULAR,TRUCIAL,TUATERA,TUTELAR,URALITE,UTRICLE,

6-letter words (77 found)

ACATER,ACETAL,ACTUAL,ACTURE,ACUATE,ACULEI,ACUTER,AECIAL,AERIAL,ATELIC,ATRIAL,ATTIRE,AURATE,CARATE,CARTEL,CATTIE,CATTLE,CAUTEL,CAUTER,CITRAL,CLARET,CLUIER,CUITER,CULTER,CURATE,CURIAE,CURIAL,CURIET,CURITE,CURTAL,CUTLER,CUTLET,CUTTER,CUTTLE,ECLAIR,LACIER,LARIAT,LATRIA,LATTER,LAURAE,LAURIC,LITTER,LUCITE,LUETIC,LUTITE,RACIAL,RATITE,RATTLE,RAUCLE,REALIA,RECTAL,RELATA,RELICT,RELUCT,RETAIL,RETIAL,RICTAL,RITUAL,RUTILE,TAILER,TARCEL,TATLER,TAURIC,TAUTER,TECTAL,TERATA,TERTIA,TIETAC,TILTER,TITLER,TITULE,TRIACT,TURTLE,URACIL,URATIC,URETIC,URTICA,

5-letter words (132 found)

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4-letter words (130 found)

ACAI,ACER,ACRE,ACTA,AIRT,AITU,ALAE,ALAR,ALEC,ALIT,AREA,ARET,ARIA,ARIL,ARLE,ARTI,ATUA,AULA,AURA,CARE,CARL,CART,CATE,CAUL,CEIL,CELT,CERT,CIEL,CIRE,CIRL,CITE,CLAT,CLIT,CLUE,CRIA,CRIT,CRUE,CUIT,CULT,CURE,CURL,CURT,CUTE,EARL,ECRU,ERIC,ETAT,ETIC,ETUI,ICER,ILEA,IURE,LACE,LAER,LAIC,LAIR,LARE,LARI,LATE,LATI,LATU,LEAR,LEAT,LEIR,LIAR,LICE,LIER,LIEU,LIRA,LIRE,LITE,LITU,LUCE,LUIT,LURE,LUTE,RACA,RACE,RAIA,RAIL,RAIT,RALE,RATA,RATE,RATU,REAL,RIAL,RICE,RIEL,RILE,RITE,RITT,RULE,TAAL,TACE,TACT,TAEL,TAIL,TAIT,TALA,TALC,TALE,TALI,TARA,TARE,TART,TATE,TATU,TAUT,TEAL,TEAR,TEAT,TEIL,TELA,TELT,TIAR,TICE,TIER,TILE,TILT,TIRE,TIRL,TITE,TRAT,TRET,TRIE,TRUE,TULE,UREA,URIC,

3-letter words (77 found)

AAL,ACE,ACT,AIA,AIL,AIR,AIT,ALA,ALE,ALT,ALU,ARC,ARE,ART,ATE,ATT,AUA,AUE,CAA,CAL,CAR,CAT,CEL,CIT,CRU,CUE,CUR,CUT,EAR,EAT,EAU,ECU,ELT,ERA,ETA,ICE,IRE,ITA,LAC,LAR,LAT,LEA,LEI,LET,LEU,LIE,LIT,LUR,RAI,RAT,REC,REI,RET,RIA,RIT,RUC,RUE,RUT,TAE,TAI,TAR,TAT,TAU,TEA,TEC,TEL,TET,TIC,TIE,TIL,TIT,TUI,TUT,ULE,URE,UTA,UTE,

2-letter words (19 found)

AA,AE,AI,AL,AR,AT,EA,EL,ER,ET,IT,LA,LI,RE,TA,TE,TI,UR,UT,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 476 words from articulate according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of articulate

articulate

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin articulātus (“distinct, articulated, jointed”).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) enPR: ärtĭ'kyələt, IPA(key): /ɑː(ɹ)ˈtɪk.jʊ.lət/
  • (US) enPR: ärtĭ'kyələt, IPA(key): /ɑːɹˈtɪk.jə.lət/
  • Rhymes: -ɪkjʊlɪt
  • Rhymes: -ɪkjʊleɪt

Adjective

articulate (comparative more articulate, superlative most articulate)

  1. Clear; effective.
  2. Speaking in a clear and effective manner.
  3. Consisting of segments united by joints.
  4. Distinctly marked off.
  5. (obsolete) Expressed in articles or in separate items or particulars.
  6. (obsolete, of sound) Related to human speech, as distinct from the vocalisation of animals.
Synonyms
  • (good at speaking): eloquent, well-spoken
Translations

Noun

articulate (plural articulates)

  1. (zoology) An animal of the subkingdom Articulata.

Etymology 2

From the adjective.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) enPR: ärtĭ'kyəlāt, IPA(key): /ɑː(ɹ)ˈtɪk.jʊ.leɪt/
  • (US) enPR: ärtĭ'kyəlāt, IPA(key): /ɑːɹˈtɪk.jə.leɪt/

Verb

articulate (third-person singular simple present articulates, present participle articulating, simple past and past participle articulated)

  1. (transitive) To make clear or effective.
  2. (transitive, intransitive) To speak clearly; to enunciate.
  3. (transitive) To explain; to put into words; to make something specific.
  4. (transitive) To bend or hinge something at intervals, or to allow or build something so that it can bend.
    an articulated bus
  5. (music, transitive) to attack a note, as by tonguing, slurring, bowing, etc.
  6. (anatomy, intransitive) to form a joint or connect by joints
  7. (obsolete) To treat or make terms.
Derived terms
  • articulable
  • coarticulate
Related terms
  • articulation
  • pseudoarticulated
  • pseudoarticulation
Translations

Further reading

  • “articulate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
  • “articulate”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

Latin

Verb

articulāte

  1. second-person plural present active imperative of articulō

References

  • “articulate”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • articulate in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Spanish

Verb

articulate

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

Source: wiktionary.org