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What does hyphenate mean? Is hyphenate a Scrabble word?

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Is hyphenate a Scrabble word?

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

H4Y4P3H4E1N1A1T1E1

Is hyphenate a Scrabble UK word?

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

H4Y4P3H4E1N1A1T1E1

Is hyphenate a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word hyphenate is a Words With Friends word. The word hyphenate is worth 19 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

H3Y3P4H3E1N2A1T1E1

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9-letter words (1 found)

HYPHENATE,

7-letter words (5 found)

HAPTENE,HEATHEN,HEPTANE,PHENATE,PHYTANE,

6-letter words (9 found)

ETHANE,ETHYNE,HAPTEN,HEATHY,HYPATE,HYPHAE,HYPHEN,NEPETA,PEAHEN,

5-letter words (23 found)

AHENT,EATEN,EATHE,ENATE,EPHAH,ETAPE,ETHNE,HEAPY,HEATH,HYENA,HYPHA,HYTHE,NEATH,PANTY,PATEN,PAYEE,PEATY,PHENE,TAPEN,TEENY,THANE,YENTA,YENTE,

4-letter words (59 found)

ANTE,EATH,EPHA,ETEN,ETHE,ETNA,EYEN,EYNE,HAEN,HAET,HANT,HATE,HATH,HEAP,HEAT,HENT,HEPT,HETE,HETH,HYEN,HYPE,HYTE,NAPE,NEAP,NEAT,NEEP,NETE,NYAH,PANE,PANT,PATE,PATH,PATY,PEAN,PEAT,PEEN,PENE,PENT,PHAT,PYAT,PYET,PYNE,TANE,TANH,TAPE,TEEN,TENE,TEPA,THAE,THAN,THEE,THEN,THEY,TYEE,TYNE,TYPE,YATE,YEAH,YEAN,

3-letter words (67 found)

ANE,ANT,ANY,APE,APT,ATE,AYE,EAN,EAT,EEN,ENE,ETA,ETH,EYE,HAE,HAH,HAN,HAP,HAT,HAY,HEH,HEN,HEP,HET,HEY,HYE,HYP,NAE,NAH,NAP,NAT,NAY,NEE,NEP,NET,NTH,NYE,PAH,PAN,PAT,PAY,PEA,PEE,PEH,PEN,PET,PHT,PYA,PYE,TAE,TAN,TAP,TAY,TEA,TEE,TEN,THE,THY,TYE,YAE,YAH,YAP,YEA,YEH,YEN,YEP,YET,

2-letter words (21 found)

AE,AH,AN,AT,AY,EA,EE,EH,EN,ET,HA,HE,NA,NE,NY,PA,PE,TA,TE,YA,YE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 186 words from hyphenate according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of hyphenate

hyphenate

Etymology

hyphen +‎ -ate

Pronunciation

Verb
  • (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /ˈhaɪf(ə)ˌneɪt/
Noun
  • (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /ˈhaɪfənət/

Verb

hyphenate (third-person singular simple present hyphenates, present participle hyphenating, simple past and past participle hyphenated)

  1. (transitive) to break a word at the end of a line according to the hyphenation rules by adding a hyphen on the end of the line.
  2. (transitive) to join words or syllables with a hyphen.

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

hyphenate (plural hyphenates)

  1. A person or object with multiple duties, abilities or characteristics, such as "writer-director", "actor-model", or "singer-songwriter".
  2. A person whose ethnicity is a multi-word hyphenated term, such as "African-American".

Synonyms

  • person

Source: wiktionary.org