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Is excavate a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word excavate is a Scrabble US word. The word excavate is worth 20 points in Scrabble:

E1X8C3A1V4A1T1E1

Is excavate a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word excavate is a Scrabble UK word and has 20 points:

E1X8C3A1V4A1T1E1

Is excavate a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word excavate is a Words With Friends word. The word excavate is worth 22 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

E1X8C4A1V5A1T1E1

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8-letter words (1 found)

EXCAVATE,

6-letter words (3 found)

CAVEAT,EXACTA,VACATE,

5-letter words (3 found)

ACETA,EXACT,EXEAT,

4-letter words (12 found)

ACTA,CATE,CAVA,CAVE,CETE,EAVE,EVET,EXEC,TACE,TAVA,TAXA,VEXT,

3-letter words (26 found)

ACE,ACT,ATE,AVA,AVE,AXE,CAA,CAT,CEE,EAT,ETA,EVE,TAE,TAV,TAX,TEA,TEC,TEE,TEX,VAC,VAE,VAT,VAX,VEE,VET,VEX,

2-letter words (10 found)

AA,AE,AT,AX,EA,EE,ET,EX,TA,TE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 56 words from excavate according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of excavate

excavate

Etymology 1

Known since 1599, from Latin excavātus (“hollowed out”), perfect passive participle of excavō (“hollow out”), from ex (“out”) + cavō (“make a hole”), from cavus (“cave, hole”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɛk.skə.veɪt/

Verb

excavate (third-person singular simple present excavates, present participle excavating, simple past and past participle excavated)

  1. (transitive) To make a hole in (something); to hollow.
  2. (transitive) To remove part of (something) by scooping or digging it out.
  3. (transitive) To uncover (something) by digging.
Related terms
  • excavation
  • excavator
Translations

Etymology 2

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Noun

excavate (plural excavates)

  1. (zoology) Any member of a major grouping of unicellular eukaryotes, of the clade Excavata.

References

  • Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “excavate”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

Latin

Verb

excavāte

  1. second-person plural present active imperative of excavō

Spanish

Verb

excavate

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

Source: wiktionary.org