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Is inflate a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word inflate is a Scrabble US word. The word inflate is worth 10 points in Scrabble:

I1N1F4L1A1T1E1

Is inflate a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word inflate is a Scrabble UK word and has 10 points:

I1N1F4L1A1T1E1

Is inflate a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word inflate is a Words With Friends word. The word inflate is worth 12 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

I1N2F4L2A1T1E1

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7-letter words (1 found)

INFLATE,

6-letter words (6 found)

ENTAIL,FETIAL,FINALE,INFELT,TENAIL,TINEAL,

5-letter words (29 found)

ALEFT,ALIEN,ALINE,ANILE,ELAIN,ELFIN,ELINT,ENLIT,ENTIA,FAINE,FAINT,FEINT,FETAL,FIENT,FILET,FINAL,FITNA,FLANE,FLINT,FLITE,INLET,INTEL,LATEN,LEANT,LENTI,LIANE,TELIA,TENIA,TINEA,

4-letter words (68 found)

AINE,ALEF,ALIF,ALIT,ANIL,ANTE,ANTI,EINA,ELAN,ETNA,FAIL,FAIN,FANE,FATE,FEAL,FEAT,FELT,FENI,FENT,FETA,FIAT,FILA,FILE,FINE,FLAN,FLAT,FLEA,FLIT,ILEA,LAIN,LANE,LANT,LATE,LATI,LEAF,LEAN,LEAT,LEFT,LENT,LIEF,LIEN,LIFE,LIFT,LINE,LINT,LITE,NAIF,NAIL,NEAL,NEAT,NEIF,NIEF,NIFE,NITE,TAEL,TAIL,TAIN,TALE,TALI,TANE,TEAL,TEIL,TEIN,TELA,TIAN,TILE,TINA,TINE,

3-letter words (51 found)

AFT,AIL,AIN,AIT,ALE,ALF,ALT,ANE,ANI,ANT,ATE,EAN,EAT,EFT,ELF,ELT,ETA,FAE,FAN,FAT,FEN,FET,FIE,FIL,FIN,FIT,ITA,LAT,LEA,LEI,LET,LIE,LIN,LIT,NAE,NAT,NEF,NET,NIE,NIL,NIT,TAE,TAI,TAN,TEA,TEF,TEL,TEN,TIE,TIL,TIN,

2-letter words (22 found)

AE,AI,AL,AN,AT,EA,EF,EL,EN,ET,FA,FE,IF,IN,IT,LA,LI,NA,NE,TA,TE,TI,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 178 words from inflate according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of inflate

inflate

Etymology

From Latin īnflātus, from the verb īnflō. Doublet of inblow.

Pronunciation

  • (UK, US) enPR: ĭn-flāt', IPA(key): /ɪnˈfleɪt/
  • Rhymes: -eɪt

Verb

inflate (third-person singular simple present inflates, present participle inflating, simple past and past participle inflated)

  1. (transitive) To enlarge an object by pushing air (or a gas) into it; to raise or expand abnormally
  2. (intransitive) To enlarge by filling with air (or a gas).
  3. (figurative) To swell; to puff up.
  4. (transitive, computing) To decompress (data) that was previously deflated.
  5. (figurative, transitive) to make something seem more important, better, or worse than it actually is; to exaggerate.
    The Gaza Ministry of Health, which is controlled by Hamas, has a tendency to inflate the number of Palestinian casualties as collateral damage caused by the Israeli military.

Antonyms

  • deflate

Derived terms

  • inflated
  • inflatingly

Related terms

  • inflation

Translations

Latin

Participle

īnflāte

  1. vocative masculine singular of īnflātus

Adverb

īnflātē (comparative īnflātius, superlative īnflātissimē)

  1. haughtily, proudly, pompously

References

  • “inflate”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “inflate”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • inflate in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • inflate in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Spanish

Verb

inflate

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

Source: wiktionary.org