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Is calculate a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word calculate is a Scrabble US word. The word calculate is worth 13 points in Scrabble:

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Is calculate a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word calculate is a Scrabble UK word and has 13 points:

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Yes. The word calculate is a Words With Friends word. The word calculate is worth 18 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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9-letter words (1 found)

CALCULATE,

7-letter words (2 found)

CATCALL,LACTEAL,

6-letter words (10 found)

ACETAL,ACTUAL,ACUATE,ALULAE,CAECAL,CALALU,CALLET,CAUTEL,CULLET,LUTEAL,

5-letter words (16 found)

ACETA,ACUTE,ALATE,ALULA,CAECA,CALLA,CECAL,CELLA,CLAUT,CLEAT,CULET,ECLAT,LACET,LUTEA,TALEA,TULLE,

4-letter words (36 found)

ACCA,ACTA,ALAE,ALEC,ATUA,AULA,CACA,CALL,CATE,CAUL,CECA,CELL,CELT,CLAT,CLUE,CULL,CULT,CUTE,LACE,LATE,LATU,LEAL,LEAT,LUCE,LUTE,TAAL,TACE,TAEL,TALA,TALC,TALE,TALL,TEAL,TELA,TELL,TULE,

3-letter words (36 found)

AAL,ACE,ACT,ALA,ALE,ALL,ALT,ALU,ATE,AUA,AUE,CAA,CAL,CAT,CEL,CUE,CUT,EAT,EAU,ECU,ELL,ELT,ETA,LAC,LAT,LEA,LET,LEU,TAE,TAU,TEA,TEC,TEL,ULE,UTA,UTE,

2-letter words (11 found)

AA,AE,AL,AT,EA,EL,ET,LA,TA,TE,UT,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 113 words from calculate according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of calculate

calculate

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin calculātus, perfect passive participle of calculō (“I reckon, originally by means of pebbles”), from calculus (“a pebble”). Refer to calculus for origin.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkælkjʊleɪt/, /ˈkælkjəleɪt/
  • Hyphenation: cal‧cu‧late

Verb

calculate (third-person singular simple present calculates, present participle calculating, simple past and past participle calculated)

  1. (transitive, mathematics) To determine the value of something or the solution to something by a mathematical process.
  2. (intransitive, mathematics) To determine values or solutions by a mathematical process; reckon.
  3. (intransitive, US, dialect) To plan; to expect; to think.
  4. To ascertain or predict by mathematical or astrological computations the time, circumstances, or other conditions of; to forecast or compute the character or consequences of.
  5. To adjust for purpose; to adapt by forethought or calculation; to fit or prepare by the adaptation of means to an end.
  6. (chess) To imagine sequences of potential moves and responses without actually moving the pieces.

Conjugation

Synonyms

  • (determine value of or solution to): compute, reckon (old), work out
  • (determine values or solutions): compute, reckon (old)

Derived terms

  • backcalculate
  • calculating

Related terms

  • calculation
  • calculus
  • calculator
  • incalculable

Translations

Further reading

  • “calculate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
  • “calculate”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
  • Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “calculate”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

Latin

Verb

calculāte

  1. second-person plural present active imperative of calculō
    1. "calculate ye, compute ye"
    2. (figuratively) "consider ye as, esteem ye"

Participle

calculāte

  1. vocative masculine singular of calculātus

Spanish

Verb

calculate

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

Source: wiktionary.org