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Is intimate a Scrabble word?

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

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Is intimate a Scrabble UK word?

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

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Is intimate a Words With Friends word?

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

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8-letter words (1 found)

INTIMATE,

7-letter words (4 found)

IMITANT,IMITATE,INTIMAE,MINIATE,

6-letter words (12 found)

ETAMIN,INMATE,INTIMA,INTIME,MATTIE,MATTIN,MITTEN,TAMEIN,TAMINE,TITIAN,TITMAN,TITMEN,

5-letter words (21 found)

AMENT,AMINE,ANIME,ANIMI,ENTIA,ETTIN,IMINE,MANET,MATIN,MATTE,MEANT,MEINT,MENTA,MINAE,TAINT,TAMIN,TANTI,TATIE,TENIA,TINEA,TITAN,

4-letter words (51 found)

AINE,AMEN,AMIE,AMIN,ANTE,ANTI,EINA,EMIT,ETAT,ETNA,INIA,INTI,ITEM,MAIN,MANE,MANI,MATE,MATT,MEAN,MEAT,MEIN,MENT,META,MIEN,MINA,MINE,MINI,MINT,MITE,MITT,NAME,NEAT,NEMA,NETT,NITE,TAIN,TAIT,TAME,TANE,TATE,TEAM,TEAT,TEIN,TENT,TIAN,TIME,TINA,TINE,TINT,TITE,TITI,

3-letter words (38 found)

AIM,AIN,AIT,AME,AMI,ANE,ANI,ANT,ATE,ATT,EAN,EAT,ETA,ITA,MAE,MAN,MAT,MEN,MET,MNA,NAE,NAM,NAT,NET,NIE,NIM,NIT,TAE,TAI,TAM,TAN,TAT,TEA,TEN,TET,TIE,TIN,TIT,

2-letter words (19 found)

AE,AI,AM,AN,AT,EA,EM,EN,ET,IN,IT,MA,ME,MI,NA,NE,TA,TE,TI,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 147 words from intimate according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of intimate

intimate

Etymology

From Latin intimare (“to put or bring into, to impress, to make familiar”), from intimus (“inmost, innermost, most intimate”), superlative of intus (“within”), from in (“in”); see interior.

Pronunciation

Adjective, noun

  • enPR: ĭn'tĭmət, IPA(key): /ˈɪn.tɪ.mət/

Verb

  • enPR: ĭn'tĭmāt, IPA(key): /ˈɪn.tɪ.meɪt/

Adjective

intimate (comparative more intimate, superlative most intimate)

  1. Closely acquainted; familiar.
  2. Of or involved in a sexual relationship.
  3. Personal; private.
  4. Pertaining to details that require great familiarity to know.
  5. Very finely mixed.

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

intimate (plural intimates)

  1. A very close friend.
    Synonyms: bosom buddy, bosom friend, cater-cousin
  2. (in the plural intimates) Women's underwear, sleepwear, or lingerie, especially offered for sale in a store.
    Synonym: intimate apparel

Translations

Verb

intimate (third-person singular simple present intimates, present participle intimating, simple past and past participle intimated)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) To suggest or disclose (something) discreetly.
  2. (transitive, India) To notify.

Translations

Related terms

  • intimacy
  • intimation

Further reading

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

Anagrams

  • antitime

Esperanto

Adverb

intimate

  1. present adverbial passive participle of intimi

Italian

Etymology 1

Verb

intimate

  1. inflection of intimare:
    1. second-person plural present indicative
    2. second-person plural imperative

Etymology 2

Participle

intimate f pl

  1. feminine plural of intimato

Anagrams

  • Mainetti, imitante

Latin

Verb

intimāte

  1. second-person plural present active imperative of intimō

Spanish

Verb

intimate

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

Source: wiktionary.org