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Is dilate a Scrabble word?

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

D2I1L1A1T1E1

Is dilate a Scrabble UK word?

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

D2I1L1A1T1E1

Is dilate a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word dilate is a Words With Friends word. The word dilate is worth 8 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

D2I1L2A1T1E1

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6-letter words (3 found)

DETAIL,DILATE,TAILED,

5-letter words (12 found)

AILED,DEALT,DELTA,DITAL,ELIAD,IDEAL,LATED,LITED,TELIA,TIDAL,TILDE,TILED,

4-letter words (42 found)

ADIT,AIDE,ALIT,DALE,DALI,DALT,DATE,DEAL,DEIL,DELI,DELT,DIAL,DIEL,DIET,DITA,DITE,EDIT,EILD,IDEA,IDLE,ILEA,LADE,LAID,LATE,LATI,LEAD,LEAT,LIED,LITE,TAED,TAEL,TAIL,TALE,TALI,TEAD,TEAL,TEIL,TELA,TELD,TIDE,TIED,TILE,

3-letter words (36 found)

AID,AIL,AIT,ALE,ALT,ATE,DAE,DAL,DEI,DEL,DIE,DIT,EAT,ELD,ELT,ETA,IDE,ITA,LAD,LAT,LEA,LED,LEI,LET,LID,LIE,LIT,TAD,TAE,TAI,TEA,TED,TEL,TID,TIE,TIL,

2-letter words (19 found)

AD,AE,AI,AL,AT,DA,DE,DI,EA,ED,EL,ET,ID,IT,LA,LI,TA,TE,TI,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

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

Definitions and meaning of dilate

dilate

Etymology

From Middle English dilaten, from Old French dilater, from Latin dīlātō (“I spread out”), from di- (variant of dis-) + lātus (“wide”).

Pronunciation

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

Verb

dilate (third-person singular simple present dilates, present participle dilating, simple past and past participle dilated)

  1. (transitive) To enlarge; to make bigger.
  2. (intransitive) To become wider or larger; to expand.
    Antonym: contract
  3. (transitive, intransitive) To speak largely and copiously; to dwell in narration; to enlarge; with "on" or "upon".
  4. (medicine, transitive, intransitive) To use a dilator to widen (something, such as a vagina).

Derived terms

Translations

See also

  • dilute

Anagrams

  • atelid, de-tail, detail, dietal, laited, tailed

French

Verb

dilate

  1. inflection of dilater:
    1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    2. second-person singular imperative

Anagrams

  • déliât, détail, ladite

Latin

Participle

dīlāte

  1. vocative masculine singular of dīlātus

Portuguese

Verb

dilate

  1. inflection of dilatar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Spanish

Verb

dilate

  1. inflection of dilatar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Source: wiktionary.org