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Is blate a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word blate is a Scrabble US word. The word blate is worth 7 points in Scrabble:

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Is blate a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word blate is a Scrabble UK word and has 7 points:

B3L1A1T1E1

Is blate a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word blate is a Words With Friends word. The word blate is worth 9 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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5-letter words (4 found)

ABLET,BLATE,BLEAT,TABLE,

4-letter words (19 found)

ABET,ABLE,ALBE,BAEL,BALE,BATE,BEAL,BEAT,BELT,BETA,BLAE,BLAT,BLET,LATE,LEAT,TAEL,TALE,TEAL,TELA,

3-letter words (20 found)

ALB,ALE,ALT,ATE,BAE,BAL,BAT,BEL,BET,EAT,ELT,ETA,LAB,LAT,LEA,LET,TAB,TAE,TEA,TEL,

2-letter words (12 found)

AB,AE,AL,AT,BA,BE,EA,EL,ET,LA,TA,TE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 56 words from blate according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of blate

blate lbate balte ablte labte albte bltae lbtae btlae tblae ltbae tlbae batle abtle btale tbale atble table latbe altbe ltabe tlabe atlbe talbe blaet lbaet balet ablet labet albet bleat lbeat belat eblat lebat elbat baelt abelt bealt ebalt aeblt eablt laebt alebt leabt elabt aelbt ealbt bltea lbtea btlea tblea ltbea tlbea bleta lbeta belta eblta lebta elbta btela tbela betla ebtla tebla etbla lteba tleba letba eltba telba etlba batel abtel btael tbael atbel tabel baetl abetl beatl ebatl aebtl eabtl bteal tbeal betal ebtal tebal etbal atebl taebl aetbl eatbl teabl etabl lateb alteb ltaeb tlaeb atleb taleb laetb aletb leatb elatb aeltb ealtb lteab tleab letab eltab telab etlab atelb taelb aetlb eatlb tealb etalb

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Definitions and meaning of blate

blate

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bleɪt/
  • Rhymes: -eɪt

Etymology 1

From Scots blate (“timid, sheepish”), apparently a conflation of

  • Northern *Middle English blate, *blait (“pale, ghastly, terrified”), from Old English blāt (“pale, livid, ghastly”), from Proto-West Germanic *blait (“pale, discoloured”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleyd- (“pale, pallid”) and
  • Middle English bleth, bleath (“timid, soft”), from Old English blēaþ (“gentle, shy, cowardly, timid; slothful, inactive, effeminate”), from Proto-Germanic *blauþuz (“weak, timid, void, naked”).

Cognate with German blassen (“to make pale”), bleich (“pale, pallid”). More at bleak, bleach.

Adjective

blate (comparative blater, superlative blatest)

  1. (Scotland, Northern England) Bashful, sheepish.
  2. (Scotland, Northern England) Dull, stupid.

Etymology 2

Verb

blate (third-person singular simple present blates, present participle blating, simple past and past participle blated)

  1. Archaic form of bleat.

Anagrams

  • ablet, bleat, table

Dutch

Verb

blate

  1. (dated or formal) singular present subjunctive of blaten

Anagrams

  • tabel

Scots

Etymology

Uncertain; perhaps from Old English blāt (“pale”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [blet], [blit]

Adjective

blate (comparative blater, superlative blatest)

  1. shy, modest, timid, sheepish
  2. stupid, easily deceived, dull, unpromising

Source: wiktionary.org