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Is dilute a Scrabble word?

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

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Is dilute a Scrabble UK word?

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

D2I1L1U1T1E1

Is dilute a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word dilute is a Words With Friends word. The word dilute is worth 9 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

D2I1L2U2T1E1

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6-letter words (1 found)

DILUTE,

5-letter words (6 found)

LITED,LUTED,TILDE,TILED,TUILE,UTILE,

4-letter words (28 found)

DEIL,DELI,DELT,DIEL,DIET,DITE,DUEL,DUET,DUIT,DULE,EDIT,EILD,ETUI,IDLE,LEUD,LIED,LIEU,LITE,LITU,LUDE,LUIT,LUTE,TEIL,TELD,TIDE,TIED,TILE,TULE,

3-letter words (25 found)

DEI,DEL,DIE,DIT,DUE,DUI,ELD,ELT,IDE,LED,LEI,LET,LEU,LID,LIE,LIT,LUD,TED,TEL,TID,TIE,TIL,TUI,ULE,UTE,

2-letter words (11 found)

DE,DI,ED,EL,ET,ID,IT,LI,TE,TI,UT,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 72 words from dilute according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of dilute

dilute

Etymology

From Latin dīlūtus, from dīluere (“to wash away, dissolve, cause to melt, dilute”), from dī-, dis- (“away, apart”) + luere (“to wash”). See lave, and compare deluge.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /daɪˈljuːt/
  • (US) IPA(key): /daɪˈlut/, /dɪˈlut/
  • Rhymes: -uːt

Verb

dilute (third-person singular simple present dilutes, present participle diluting, simple past and past participle diluted)

  1. (transitive) To make thinner by adding solvent to a solution, especially by adding water.
  2. (transitive) To weaken, especially by adding a foreign substance.
  3. (transitive, stock market) To cause the value of individual shares or the stake of a shareholder to decrease by increasing the total number of shares.
  4. (intransitive) To become attenuated, thin, or weak.

Antonyms

  • condense
  • concentrate

Related terms

  • diluent
  • dilutant
  • dilution
  • dilutory
  • diluvium
  • dilutable

Translations

Adjective

dilute (comparative more dilute, superlative most dilute)

  1. Having a low concentration.
  2. Weak; reduced in strength by dilution; diluted.
  3. Of an animal: having a lighter-coloured coat than is usual.

Derived terms

  • dilute Russell's viper venom time

Translations

Noun

dilute (plural dilutes)

  1. An animal having a lighter-coloured coat than is usual.

See also

  • Concentration on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • dilate

References

  • “dilute”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
  • “dilute”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

Latin

Participle

dīlūte

  1. vocative masculine singular of dīlūtus

Source: wiktionary.org