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Is eliminate a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word eliminate is a Scrabble US word. The word eliminate is worth 11 points in Scrabble:

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Is eliminate a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word eliminate is a Scrabble UK word and has 11 points:

E1L1I1M3I1N1A1T1E1

Is eliminate a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word eliminate is a Words With Friends word. The word eliminate is worth 14 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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9-letter words (1 found)

ELIMINATE,

8-letter words (6 found)

ILMENITE,LINEMATE,MELANITE,MELINITE,MENILITE,TIMELINE,

7-letter words (10 found)

AILMENT,ALIMENT,ETAMINE,INTIMAE,INTIMAL,LINEATE,MANTEEL,MATINEE,MINIATE,TELEMAN,

6-letter words (29 found)

ELANET,EMETIN,ENAMEL,ENTAIL,ENTAME,ETAMIN,INMATE,INTIMA,INTIME,LAMENT,LATEEN,LENITE,LIMINA,LINTIE,MALINE,MANTEL,MANTLE,MEALIE,MEANIE,MEINIE,MELENA,MENIAL,MENTAL,MIELIE,TAMEIN,TAMINE,TENAIL,TENIAE,TINEAL,

5-letter words (50 found)

AINEE,ALIEN,ALINE,AMENE,AMENT,AMINE,ANELE,ANILE,ANIME,ANIMI,EATEN,ELAIN,ELATE,ELEMI,ELINT,ELITE,ELMEN,EMAIL,ENATE,ENEMA,ENLIT,ENTIA,IMINE,INLET,INTEL,INTIL,LATEN,LEANT,LEMAN,LENTI,LIANE,LIMAN,LIMEN,LIMIT,LITAI,MAILE,MANET,MATIN,MEANE,MEANT,MEINT,MENTA,METAL,MILIA,MINAE,TAMIN,TELAE,TELIA,TENIA,TINEA,

4-letter words (99 found)

AINE,ALEE,ALIT,ALME,AMEN,AMIE,AMIN,ANIL,ANTE,ANTI,EALE,EINA,EINE,ELAN,EMIT,ETEN,ETNA,ILEA,ILIA,INIA,INTI,ITEM,LAIN,LAME,LANE,LANT,LATE,LATI,LEAM,LEAN,LEAT,LEET,LEME,LENT,LIEN,LIMA,LIME,LIMN,LINE,LINT,LITE,MAIL,MAIN,MALE,MALI,MALT,MANE,MANI,MATE,MEAL,MEAN,MEAT,MEET,MEIN,MELA,MELT,MENE,MENT,META,METE,MIEN,MILE,MILT,MINA,MINE,MINI,MINT,MITE,NAIL,NAME,NEAL,NEAT,NEEM,NEMA,NETE,NITE,TAEL,TAIL,TAIN,TALE,TALI,TAME,TANE,TEAL,TEAM,TEEL,TEEM,TEEN,TEIL,TEIN,TELA,TELE,TEME,TENE,TIAN,TILE,TIME,TINA,TINE,

3-letter words (61 found)

AIL,AIM,AIN,AIT,ALE,ALT,AME,AMI,ANE,ANI,ANT,ATE,EAN,EAT,EEL,EEN,ELM,ELT,EME,ENE,ETA,ITA,LAM,LAT,LEA,LEE,LEI,LET,LIE,LIN,LIT,MAE,MAL,MAN,MAT,MEE,MEL,MEN,MET,MIL,MNA,NAE,NAM,NAT,NEE,NET,NIE,NIL,NIM,NIT,TAE,TAI,TAM,TAN,TEA,TEE,TEL,TEN,TIE,TIL,TIN,

2-letter words (24 found)

AE,AI,AL,AM,AN,AT,EA,EE,EL,EM,EN,ET,IN,IT,LA,LI,MA,ME,MI,NA,NE,TA,TE,TI,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 281 words from eliminate according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of eliminate

eliminate

Etymology

From Latin ēlīminātus, past participle of ēlīmināre (“to turn out of doors, banish”), from ē (“out”) + līmen (“a threshold”), akin to līmes (“a boundary”); see English limit and limen.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ɪˈlɪm.ɪ.neɪt/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ɪˈlɪm.ɪ.neɪt/, /ɪˈlɪm.ə.neɪt/, /iˈlɪm.ɪ.neɪt/, /iˈlɪm.ə.neɪt/
  • (weak vowel merger) IPA(key): /əˈlɪm.ə.neɪt/
  • (General Australian) IPA(key): /əˈlɪm.ə.næɪt/

Verb

eliminate (third-person singular simple present eliminates, present participle eliminating, simple past and past participle eliminated)

  1. (transitive) To completely remove, get rid of, put an end to.
    Synonyms: abrogate, abolish; see also Thesaurus:destroy
  2. (transitive, slang) To kill (a person or animal).
  3. (transitive, intransitive, physiology) To excrete (waste products).
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:urinate, Thesaurus:defecate
  4. (transitive) To exclude (from investigation or from further competition).
  5. (accounting) To record amounts in a consolidation statement to remove the effects of inter-company transactions.

Hyponyms

  • give the chop to
  • give the boot to
  • give the sack to
  • give the walking papers to

Related terms

  • eliminable
  • eliminant
  • elimination
  • eliminative
  • eliminator
  • eliminatory

Translations

Further reading

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

References

Anagrams

  • itameline

Italian

Etymology 1

Verb

eliminate

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

Etymology 2

Participle

eliminate f pl

  1. feminine plural of eliminato

Anagrams

  • eliantemi

Latin

Verb

ēlīmināte

  1. second-person plural present active imperative of ēlīminō

Spanish

Verb

eliminate

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

Source: wiktionary.org