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Is hesitate a Scrabble word?

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

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Is hesitate a Scrabble UK word?

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

H4E1S1I1T1A1T1E1

Is hesitate a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word hesitate is a Words With Friends word. The word hesitate is worth 10 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

H3E1S1I1T1A1T1E1

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8-letter words (2 found)

ATHETISE,HESITATE,

7-letter words (4 found)

ATHEISE,ATHEIST,HETTIES,STAITHE,

6-letter words (12 found)

ESTATE,HEASTE,HETTIE,SAITHE,SITHEE,STAITH,TATIES,TESTAE,THEIST,THETAS,THETES,TITHES,

5-letter words (35 found)

ASHET,EATHE,ETATS,HAETS,HASTE,HATES,HEAST,HEATS,HEIST,HETES,SAITH,SETAE,SHEET,SHITE,SIETH,SITHE,STATE,TAISH,TAITS,TASTE,TATES,TATHS,TATIE,TEASE,TEATS,TEETH,TESTA,TESTE,TETES,TETHS,THEES,THESE,THETA,THETE,TITHE,

4-letter words (61 found)

AHIS,AITS,ATES,EASE,EAST,EATH,EATS,EISH,ETAS,ETAT,ETHE,ETHS,HAES,HAET,HAST,HATE,HATS,HEAT,HEST,HETE,HETS,HIES,HIST,HITS,ITAS,SATE,SATI,SEAT,SETA,SETT,SHAT,SHEA,SHET,SHIT,SITE,SITH,STAT,STET,STIE,TAES,TAIS,TAIT,TASE,TASH,TATE,TATH,TATS,TEAS,TEAT,TEES,TEST,TETE,TETH,TETS,THAE,THAT,THEE,THIS,TIES,TITE,TITS,

3-letter words (47 found)

AHI,AHS,AIS,AIT,ASH,ATE,ATS,ATT,EAS,EAT,EHS,EST,ETA,ETH,HAE,HAS,HAT,HES,HET,HIE,HIS,HIT,ISH,ITA,ITS,SAE,SAI,SAT,SEA,SEE,SEI,SET,SHA,SHE,SIT,TAE,TAI,TAS,TAT,TEA,TEE,TES,TET,THE,TIE,TIS,TIT,

2-letter words (21 found)

AE,AH,AI,AS,AT,EA,EE,EH,ES,ET,HA,HE,HI,IS,IT,SH,SI,ST,TA,TE,TI,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 183 words from hesitate according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of hesitate

hesitate

Alternative forms

  • hæsitate (archaic)

Etymology

From Latin haesitatus, past participle of haesitare, intensive of haerere (“to hesitate, stick fast; to hang or hold fast”). Displaced native Old English wandian.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈhɛz.ɪ.teɪt/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈhɛz.ə.teɪt/
  • (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈhez.ə.tæɪt/

Verb

hesitate (third-person singular simple present hesitates, present participle hesitating, simple past and past participle hesitated)

  1. (intransitive) To stop or pause respecting decision or action; to be in suspense or uncertainty as to a determination.
    • September 1, 1742, Alexander Pope, letter to Racine
      I shall not hesitate to declare myself very cordially, in regard to some particulars about which you have desired an answer.
  2. (intransitive) To stammer; to falter in speaking.
  3. (transitive, poetic, rare) To utter with hesitation or to intimate by a reluctant manner.

Usage notes

  • This is a catenative verb that takes the to infinitive. See Appendix:English catenative verbs

Synonyms

  • (to stop respecting decision or action): demur, falter, mammer, scruple, waver; see also Thesaurus:hesitate
  • (to falter in speaking): balbucinate, balbutiate, falter, hem, haw, stammer, stutter
  • (to utter with hesitation): falter

Derived terms

  • hesitant
  • hesitation

Translations

Further reading

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

Anagrams

  • athetise, hatesite

Spanish

Verb

hesitate

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

Source: wiktionary.org