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Yes. The word desiccate is a Scrabble US word. The word desiccate is worth 14 points in Scrabble:

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Yes. The word desiccate is a Scrabble UK word and has 14 points:

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Yes. The word desiccate is a Words With Friends word. The word desiccate is worth 16 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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9-letter words (1 found)

DESICCATE,

7-letter words (9 found)

ACCEDES,ACCITED,ACCITES,ACIDEST,ASCETIC,DACITES,DECCIES,DECEITS,IDEATES,

6-letter words (27 found)

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5-letter words (69 found)

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4-letter words (97 found)

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3-letter words (57 found)

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2-letter words (21 found)

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1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 282 words from desiccate according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of desiccate

desiccate

Etymology

From Latin dēsiccāre (“to dry completely, dry up”) +‎ -ate (verb suffix indicating acting in the specified manner). Dēsiccāre is the infinitive of dēsiccō (“to desiccate, dry up; to drain dry”) (from dē- (“completely, to exhaustion”, a prefix) +‎ siccō (“to dry; to drain, exhaust”), from siccus (“dry”, from Proto-Indo-European *seyk-) +‎ -āre.

The adjective is derived from Latin dēsiccātus (“dried up”), the perfect passive participle of dēsiccō: see above. The noun is derived from the adjective.

Pronunciation

  • Verb and adjective:
    • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈdɛsɪkeɪt/, (archaic) /dɪˈsɪkeɪt/
    • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈdɛsɪkeɪt/
  • Noun:
    • (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /ˈdɛsɪkət/
  • Hyphenation: de‧sic‧cate

Verb

desiccate (third-person singular simple present desiccates, present participle desiccating, simple past and past participle desiccated)

  1. (transitive) To remove moisture from; to dry. [from late 16th c.]
    Synonyms: dehydrate, (obsolete) exiccate, exsiccate, parch
    Antonyms: hydrate, moisten, moisturize, wet
  2. (transitive) To preserve by drying. [from late 16th c.]
  3. (intransitive, rare) To become dry; to dry up.

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Adjective

desiccate (comparative more desiccate, superlative most desiccate)

  1. Having had moisture removed; dehydrated, desiccated.
    Synonym: dried

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Noun

desiccate (plural desiccates)

  1. A substance which has been desiccated, that is, had its moisture removed.

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Further reading

  • desiccation on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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Latin

Verb

dēsiccāte

  1. second-person plural present active imperative of dēsiccō

Source: wiktionary.org