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Yes. The word cognate is a Scrabble US word. The word cognate is worth 10 points in Scrabble:

C3O1G2N1A1T1E1

Is cognate a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word cognate is a Scrabble UK word and has 10 points:

C3O1G2N1A1T1E1

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7-letter words (2 found)

COAGENT,COGNATE,

6-letter words (2 found)

COGENT,OCTANE,

5-letter words (22 found)

ACTON,AGENT,AGONE,ATONE,CAGOT,CANOE,CANTO,CENTO,COATE,CONGA,CONGE,CONTE,COTAN,ENACT,GENOA,OATEN,OCEAN,OCTAN,ONCET,TANGO,TOGAE,TONGA,

4-letter words (44 found)

ACNE,AEON,AGEN,AGON,ANCE,ANTE,ATOC,CAGE,CANE,CANG,CANT,CATE,CENT,COAT,CONE,COTE,EOAN,ETNA,GAEN,GANE,GANT,GATE,GEAN,GEAT,GENA,GENT,GETA,GNAT,GOAT,GONE,NEAT,NOTA,NOTE,OCTA,ONCE,TACE,TACO,TANE,TANG,TOEA,TOGA,TOGE,TONE,TONG,

3-letter words (52 found)

ACE,ACT,AGE,AGO,ANE,ANT,ATE,CAG,CAN,CAT,COG,CON,COT,EAN,EAT,ECO,EGO,ENG,EON,ETA,GAE,GAN,GAT,GEN,GEO,GET,GOA,GOE,GON,GOT,NAE,NAG,NAT,NEG,NET,NOG,NOT,OAT,OCA,ONE,TAE,TAG,TAN,TAO,TEA,TEC,TEG,TEN,TOC,TOE,TOG,TON,

2-letter words (16 found)

AE,AG,AN,AT,EA,EN,ET,GO,NA,NE,NO,OE,ON,TA,TE,TO,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 139 words from cognate according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of cognate

cognate

Alternative forms

  • cogn. (abbreviation)

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cognātus (“related by blood”), from com- + gnātus (“born”). Doublet of connate and cognatus.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈkɒɡ.neɪt/, /ˈkɒɡ.nɪt/, /ˈkɒɡ.nət/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈkɑɡ.neɪt/, /ˈkɑɡ.nɪt/, /ˈkɑɡ.nət/

Adjective

cognate (not comparable)

  1. Allied by blood; kindred by birth; specifically (law) related on the mother's side.
    Synonyms: akin, same-blooded; see also Thesaurus:consanguine
  2. Of the same or a similar nature; of the same family; proceeding from the same stock or root.
    Synonyms: allied, kindred, connate; see also Thesaurus:akin
  3. (linguistics) Descended from the same source lexemes (same etymons) of an ancestor language.

Usage notes

“Cognate to” is much less common than “cognate with” and not even mentioned in most dictionaries.

Derived terms

  • cognateness

Translations

Noun

cognate (plural cognates)

  1. One of a number of things allied in origin or nature.
  2. (law, dated) One who is related to another on the female side.
  3. (law, dated) One who is related to another, both having descended from a common ancestor through legal marriages.
  4. (linguistics) A word either descended from the same base word of the same ancestor language as the given word, or strongly believed to be a regular reflex of the same reconstructed root of proto-language as the given word.
    Hypernym: paronym
    Coordinate terms: etymon, derivative/reflex

Derived terms

Translations

Related terms

  • cognate accusative (accusative cognate, cognate object)

See also

Further reading

  • cognate on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • cognate (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • Cognates in the 1879 edition of The American Cyclopædia.

Anagrams

  • coagent

Italian

Noun

cognate f

  1. plural of cognata

Latin

Adjective

cognāte

  1. vocative masculine singular of cognātus

Source: wiktionary.org