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Is explicate a Scrabble word?

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

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Is explicate a Scrabble UK word?

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

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Yes. The word explicate is a Words With Friends word. The word explicate is worth 23 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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9-letter words (1 found)

EXPLICATE,

8-letter words (1 found)

PIXELATE,

7-letter words (8 found)

CALIPEE,CAPELET,EPILATE,EXCIPLE,EXPIATE,PILEATE,PLICATE,TELEPIC,

6-letter words (16 found)

ALEXIC,APIECE,APLITE,ATELIC,CAPLET,EPICAL,EXCEPT,EXCITE,EXPECT,LEXICA,PELITE,PELTAE,PLACET,PLACIT,PLAICE,PLICAE,

5-letter words (54 found)

AXILE,AXITE,CALIX,CAPEX,CAPLE,CITAL,CLAPT,CLEAT,CLEEP,CLEPE,CLEPT,CLIPE,CLIPT,ECLAT,ELATE,ELECT,ELITE,EPACT,ETAPE,EXACT,EXALT,EXCEL,EXEAT,EXILE,EXPAT,EXPEL,ICTAL,ILEAC,IXTLE,LACET,LATEX,LEAPT,LEPTA,PALET,PEACE,PELTA,PETAL,PICAL,PIECE,PIETA,PILAE,PILEA,PIXEL,PLACE,PLAIT,PLATE,PLEAT,PLICA,TELAE,TELEX,TELIA,TELIC,TEPAL,TICAL,

4-letter words (81 found)

ALEC,ALEE,ALIT,APEX,AXEL,AXIL,AXLE,CALP,CALX,CAPE,CAPI,CATE,CEIL,CELT,CEPE,CETE,CIEL,CITE,CLAP,CLAT,CLIP,CLIT,EALE,EPIC,ETIC,EXEC,EXIT,ILEA,ILEX,LACE,LAIC,LATE,LATI,LEAP,LEAT,LEEP,LEET,LEPT,LICE,LIPA,LIPE,LITE,PACE,PACT,PAIL,PALE,PALI,PATE,PEAL,PEAT,PEEL,PELA,PELE,PELT,PIAL,PICA,PICE,PIET,PILA,PILE,PITA,PLAT,PLEA,PLEX,PLIE,TACE,TAEL,TAIL,TALC,TALE,TALI,TAPE,TAXI,TEAL,TEEL,TEIL,TELA,TELE,TEPA,TICE,TILE,

3-letter words (65 found)

ACE,ACT,AIL,AIT,ALE,ALP,ALT,APE,APT,ATE,AXE,CAL,CAP,CAT,CEE,CEL,CEP,CIT,EAT,EEL,ELT,ETA,ICE,ITA,LAC,LAP,LAT,LAX,LEA,LEE,LEI,LEP,LET,LEX,LIE,LIP,LIT,PAC,PAL,PAT,PAX,PEA,PEC,PEE,PEL,PET,PIA,PIC,PIE,PIT,PIX,TAE,TAI,TAP,TAX,TEA,TEC,TEE,TEL,TEX,TIC,TIE,TIL,TIP,TIX,

2-letter words (20 found)

AE,AI,AL,AT,AX,EA,EE,EL,ET,EX,IT,LA,LI,PA,PE,PI,TA,TE,TI,XI,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 247 words from explicate according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of explicate

explicate

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin explicāre, present active infinitive of explicō (“unfold, explain”).

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɛk.splɪˌkeɪt/
  • (General American, weak vowel merger) IPA(key): /ˈɛk.spləˌkeɪt/
  • (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈek.splɪˌkæɪt/
  • Hyphenation: ex‧pli‧cate

Verb

explicate (third-person singular simple present explicates, present participle explicating, simple past and past participle explicated)

  1. (transitive) To explain meticulously or in great detail.
    Synonyms: analyze, elucidate, explicitate

Derived terms

Related terms

  • complicate
  • explication
  • explicative
  • explicator
  • explicit
  • overelaborate

Translations

Adjective

explicate (comparative more explicate, superlative most explicate)

  1. (obsolete) Evolved; unfolded.

References

Further reading

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

Latin

Adverb

explicātē (not comparable)

  1. clearly, plainly

Verb

explicāte

  1. second-person plural present active imperative of explicō

Further reading

  • “explicate”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “explicate”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • explicate in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎[2], London: Macmillan and Co.

Spanish

Verb

explicate

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

Source: wiktionary.org