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Is delegate a Scrabble word?

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

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Is delegate a Scrabble UK word?

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

D2E1L1E1G2A1T1E1

Is delegate a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word delegate is a Words With Friends word. The word delegate is worth 12 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

D2E1L2E1G3A1T1E1

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8-letter words (1 found)

DELEGATE,

7-letter words (5 found)

GELATED,GLEETED,LEGATED,LEGATEE,TEAGLED,

6-letter words (10 found)

DELATE,DELETE,EAGLED,EAGLET,ELATED,GEALED,GELATE,LEGATE,TEAGLE,TELEGA,

5-letter words (20 found)

AGLEE,AGLET,DEALT,DELTA,EAGLE,EALED,ELATE,ETAGE,GALED,GATED,GELEE,GLADE,GLEDE,GLEED,GLEET,LATED,LEDGE,TEADE,TEAED,TELAE,

4-letter words (44 found)

AGED,AGEE,ALEE,DALE,DALT,DATE,DEAL,DEET,DELE,DELT,EALE,EDGE,EGAD,EGAL,GADE,GAED,GALE,GATE,GEAL,GEAT,GEED,GELD,GELT,GETA,GLAD,GLED,GLEE,LADE,LATE,LEAD,LEAT,LEDE,LEED,LEET,TAED,TAEL,TALE,TEAD,TEAL,TEED,TEEL,TELA,TELD,TELE,

3-letter words (39 found)

AGE,ALE,ALT,ATE,DAE,DAG,DAL,DEE,DEG,DEL,EAT,EEL,ELD,ELT,ETA,GAD,GAE,GAL,GAT,GED,GEE,GEL,GET,LAD,LAG,LAT,LEA,LED,LEE,LEG,LET,TAD,TAE,TAG,TEA,TED,TEE,TEG,TEL,

2-letter words (15 found)

AD,AE,AG,AL,AT,DA,DE,EA,ED,EE,EL,ET,LA,TA,TE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 135 words from delegate according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of delegate

delegate

Etymology

From Middle English delegat, from Old French delegat, from Latin dēlēgātus.

Pronunciation

Noun
  • enPR: dĕlʹĭ-gət, IPA(key): /ˈdɛlɪɡət/
Verb
  • enPR: dĕlʹĭ-gāt', IPA(key): /ˈdɛlɪˌɡeɪt/

Noun

delegate (plural delegates)

  1. A person authorized to act as representative for another; a deputy.
  2. A representative at a conference, etc.
  3. (US) An appointed representative in some legislative bodies.
  4. (computing) A type of variable storing a reference to a method with a particular signature, analogous to a function pointer.
  5. A member of a governmental legislature who lacks voting power.

Synonyms

  • See also Thesaurus:deputy

Related terms

  • (computing): function pointer

Translations

Verb

delegate (third-person singular simple present delegates, present participle delegating, simple past and past participle delegated)

  1. (intransitive) To commit tasks and responsibilities to others, especially subordinates.
  2. (transitive) To commit (a task or responsibility) to someone, especially a subordinate.
  3. (computing, Internet, transitive) (of a subdomain) To give away authority over a subdomain; to allow someone else to create sub-subdomains of a subdomain of one's own.

Translations

Italian

Etymology 1

Adjective

delegate

  1. feminine plural of delegato

Participle

delegate f pl

  1. feminine plural of delegato

Etymology 2

Noun

delegate f

  1. plural of delegata

Etymology 3

Verb

delegate

  1. inflection of delegare:
    1. second-person plural present indicative
    2. second-person plural imperative

Latin

Verb

dēlēgāte

  1. second-person plural present active imperative of dēlēgō

Spanish

Verb

delegate

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

Source: wiktionary.org