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Is evolve a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word evolve is a Scrabble US word. The word evolve is worth 12 points in Scrabble:

E1V4O1L1V4E1

Is evolve a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word evolve is a Scrabble UK word and has 12 points:

E1V4O1L1V4E1

Is evolve a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word evolve is a Words With Friends word. The word evolve is worth 15 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

E1V5O1L2V5E1

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6-letter words (1 found)

EVOLVE,

5-letter words (1 found)

VOLVE,

4-letter words (7 found)

EVOE,LEVE,LEVO,LOVE,OVEL,VELE,VOLE,

3-letter words (9 found)

EEL,EVE,EVO,LEE,LEV,OLE,VEE,VOE,VOL,

2-letter words (4 found)

EE,EL,LO,OE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 23 words from evolve according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of evolve

evolve

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ēvolvō (“unroll, unfold”), from ē- (“out of”) (short form of ex) + volvō (“roll”).

Pronunciation

  • (General American) IPA(key): /ɪˈvɑlv/
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɪˈvɒlv/
  • Rhymes: -ɑlv, -ɒlv
  • Hyphenation: e‧volve

Verb

evolve (third-person singular simple present evolves, present participle evolving, simple past and past participle evolved)

  1. (transitive)
    1. To move (something) in regular procession through a system.
    2. To change or transform (something).
    3. To cause (something) to come into being or develop.
    4. (biology)
      1. Of a population: to acquire or develop (a trait) in the process of biological evolution.
      2. (chiefly passive voice) To cause (a population, a species, etc.) to change genetic composition over successive generations through the process of evolution.
    5. (chemistry) To give off (a gas such as carbon dioxide or oxygen) during a chemical reaction.
    6. (obsolete) To wind or unwind (something).
  2. (intransitive)
    1. To move in regular procession through a system.
    2. To change, to transform.
    3. (biology) Of a trait; to develop within a population through biological evolution.

Derived terms

  • co-evolve

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Translations

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /eˈvɔl.ve/
  • Rhymes: -ɔlve
  • Hyphenation: e‧vòl‧ve

Verb

evolve

  1. third-person singular present indicative of evolvere

Latin

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /eːˈu̯ol.u̯e/, [eːˈu̯ɔɫ̪u̯ɛ]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /eˈvol.ve/, [eˈvɔlve]

Verb

ēvolve

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of ēvolvō

Portuguese

Verb

evolve

  1. inflection of evolver:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Source: wiktionary.org