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Is exaggerate a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word exaggerate is a Scrabble US word. The word exaggerate is worth 19 points in Scrabble:

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Is exaggerate a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word exaggerate is a Scrabble UK word and has 19 points:

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Is exaggerate a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word exaggerate is a Words With Friends word. The word exaggerate is worth 21 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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10-letter words (1 found)

EXAGGERATE,

7-letter words (3 found)

AGGRATE,ETAGERE,EXARATE,

6-letter words (13 found)

AERATE,AGREGE,EATAGE,ERGATE,GARAGE,GARGET,GREETE,RAGGEE,RAGTAG,REGGAE,TAGGEE,TAGGER,TAGRAG,

5-letter words (32 found)

AGATE,AGGER,AGREE,AREAE,ARETE,EAGER,EAGRE,EATER,EGGAR,EGGER,EGRET,ETAGE,EXEAT,EXERT,EXTRA,GAGER,GATER,GEARE,GRATE,GREAT,GREET,GREGE,RAGEE,RAGGA,REATA,REATE,RETAG,RETAX,TARGA,TARGE,TAXER,TERGA,

4-letter words (33 found)

AGAR,AGEE,AGER,AREA,AREG,ARET,EGER,GAGA,GAGE,GARE,GART,GATE,GEAR,GEAT,GERE,GERT,GETA,GRAT,GREE,GREX,RAGA,RAGE,RAGG,RATA,RATE,RETE,TARA,TARE,TAXA,TEAR,TEER,TEGG,TREE,

3-letter words (35 found)

AGA,AGE,ARE,ART,ATE,AXE,EAR,EAT,EGG,ERA,ERE,ERG,ETA,GAE,GAG,GAR,GAT,GEE,GER,GET,RAG,RAT,RAX,REE,REG,RET,REX,TAE,TAG,TAR,TAX,TEA,TEE,TEG,TEX,

2-letter words (14 found)

AA,AE,AG,AR,AT,AX,EA,EE,ER,ET,EX,RE,TA,TE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 132 words from exaggerate according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of exaggerate

exaggerate

Etymology

From Latin exaggeratus, past participle of exaggerare (“to heap up, increase, enlarge, magnify, amplify, exaggerate”), from ex (“out, up”) + aggerare (“to heap up”), from agger (“a pile, heap, mound, dike, mole, pier, etc.”), from aggerere, adgerere (“to bring together”), from ad (“to, toward”) +‎ gerere (“to carry”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɛɡˈzæ.d͡ʒə.ɹeɪt/, /ɪɡˈzæ.d͡ʒə.ɹeɪt/
  • Hyphenation: ex‧ag‧ger‧ate

Verb

exaggerate (third-person singular simple present exaggerates, present participle exaggerating, simple past and past participle exaggerated)

  1. To overstate, to describe more than is fact.
    Synonyms: big up, overexaggerate, overstate, hyperbolize
    Antonyms: belittle, downplay, understate, trivialize

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Adjective

exaggerate (comparative more exaggerate, superlative most exaggerate)

  1. Exaggerative; overblown.

Further reading

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

Latin

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ek.saɡ.ɡeˈraː.te/, [ɛks̠äɡːɛˈräːt̪ɛ]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ek.sad.d͡ʒeˈra.te/, [eɡzädː͡ʒeˈräːt̪e]

Verb

exaggerāte

  1. second-person plural present active imperative of exaggerō

Source: wiktionary.org