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Is inveterate a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word inveterate is a Scrabble US word. The word inveterate is worth 13 points in Scrabble:

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Is inveterate a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word inveterate is a Scrabble UK word and has 13 points:

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Yes. The word inveterate is a Words With Friends word. The word inveterate is worth 15 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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10-letter words (2 found)

ENTREATIVE,INVETERATE,

9-letter words (2 found)

EVENTRATE,RETENTIVE,

8-letter words (6 found)

ANTEVERT,ENERVATE,ENTERATE,REINETTE,TEENTIER,VENERATE,

7-letter words (30 found)

ARENITE,ARIETTE,AVENTRE,AVIETTE,EATERIE,ENTREAT,EVENTER,EVERNET,EVIRATE,EVITATE,INTREAT,ITERANT,ITERATE,NAIVETE,NATTIER,NAVETTE,NERVATE,NETTIER,NITRATE,RATTEEN,RETINAE,TAENITE,TAIVERT,TARTINE,TEENIER,TENTIER,TERNATE,TERTIAN,TRAINEE,VETERAN,

6-letter words (54 found)

ATTIRE,AVENIR,ENERVE,ENTERA,ENTETE,ENTIRE,ENTREE,ENVIER,ETERNE,EVENER,INVERT,NAIVER,NATIVE,NATTER,NEATER,NERITE,NETTER,NETTIE,RATEEN,RATINE,RATITE,RATTEN,RAVINE,RETAIN,RETENE,RETINA,RETINE,RETINT,TAIVER,TAVERN,TAVERT,TEENER,TEETER,TENIAE,TENTER,TENTIE,TERETE,TERTIA,TINTER,TREVET,TRIENE,TRIVET,VAINER,VATTER,VEINER,VENEER,VENIRE,VENITE,VENTER,VENTRE,VERITE,VETTER,VIRENT,VITTAE,

5-letter words (84 found)

AERIE,AINEE,AIVER,ANTRE,ARENE,ARETE,ARETT,ARVEE,AVERT,AVINE,EARNT,EATEN,EATER,EERIE,EEVEN,ENATE,ENTER,ENTIA,ERVEN,ETTIN,EVENT,EVERT,EVITE,INERT,INTER,INTRA,INVAR,IRATE,NAEVE,NAEVI,NAIVE,NEIVE,NERVE,NEVER,NIEVE,NITER,NITRE,RAINE,RANEE,RAVEN,RAVIN,REATE,REAVE,REEVE,REIVE,RENTE,RETIA,RETIE,REVET,REVIE,RIANT,RIEVE,RIVEN,RIVET,TAINT,TANTI,TATER,TATIE,TAVER,TEENE,TENET,TENIA,TERAI,TERNE,TETRA,TETRI,TINEA,TITAN,TITER,TITRE,TRAIN,TRAIT,TRANT,TRAVE,TREAT,TREEN,TRINE,TRITE,VAIRE,VEENA,VENAE,VINER,VITAE,VITTA,

4-letter words (94 found)

AINE,AIRN,AIRT,ANTE,ANTI,ARET,ARTI,AVER,EARN,EAVE,EEVN,EINA,EINE,EREV,ERNE,ETAT,ETEN,ETNA,EVEN,EVER,EVET,NARE,NAVE,NEAR,NEAT,NETE,NETT,NEVE,NEVI,NITE,RAIN,RAIT,RANI,RANT,RATE,RAVE,REAN,REEN,REIN,RENT,RETE,RINE,RITE,RITT,RIVA,RIVE,TAIN,TAIT,TANE,TARE,TARN,TART,TATE,TEAR,TEAT,TEEN,TEER,TEIN,TENE,TENT,TERN,TETE,TIAN,TIAR,TIER,TINA,TINE,TINT,TIRE,TITE,TRAT,TREE,TRET,TRIE,TRIN,VAIN,VAIR,VANE,VANT,VARE,VEER,VEIN,VENA,VENT,VERA,VERT,VIAE,VIER,VINA,VINE,VINT,VIRE,VITA,VITE,

3-letter words (64 found)

AIN,AIR,AIT,ANE,ANI,ANT,ARE,ART,ATE,ATT,AVE,EAN,EAR,EAT,EEN,ENE,ERA,ERE,ERN,ETA,EVE,IRE,ITA,NAE,NAT,NAV,NEE,NET,NIE,NIT,RAI,RAN,RAT,RAV,REE,REI,REN,RET,REV,RIA,RIN,RIT,TAE,TAI,TAN,TAR,TAT,TAV,TEA,TEE,TEN,TET,TIE,TIN,TIT,VAE,VAN,VAR,VAT,VEE,VET,VIA,VIE,VIN,

2-letter words (18 found)

AE,AI,AN,AR,AT,EA,EE,EN,ER,ET,IN,IT,NA,NE,RE,TA,TE,TI,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 355 words from inveterate according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of inveterate

inveterate

Etymology

From Latin inveterātus (“of long standing, chronic”), form of inveterare, from in- (“in, into”) + veterare (“to age”), from vetus, genitive veteris (“old”).

Cognate to Italian inveterato.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɪnˈvɛtəɹɪt/
  • Rhymes: -ɛtəɹɪt
  • Hyphenation: in‧vet‧er‧ate

Adjective

inveterate (comparative more inveterate, superlative most inveterate)

  1. firmly established from having been around for a long time; of long standing
  2. (of a person) Having had a habit for a long time
  3. Malignant; virulent; spiteful.
    • 1765–70, Henry Brooke, The Fool of Quality; or, The History of Henry, Earl of Moreland
      This his lordship perused with a countenance, and scrutiny, apparently inveterate.

Synonyms

  • deep-rooted, ingrained, ineradicable, radicated, hardened, chronic

Antonyms

  • casual
  • transient

Related terms

  • inveteracy
  • inveterately

Translations

Verb

inveterate (third-person singular simple present inveterates, present participle inveterating, simple past and past participle inveterated)

  1. (obsolete) To fix and settle after a long time; to entrench.
    • 1640, Edward Dacres, translation of The Prince by Niccolò Machiavelli, Chapter XIX [1]:
      "none of these Princes do use to maintaine any armies together, which are annex'd and inveterated with the governments of the provinces, as were the armies of the Roman Empire. "
    • 1851 January, author unknown, "The Philosophy of the American Union, in The United States Magazine and Democratic Review, page 16:
      "The foregoing elements of disunion are inveterated by the constituent formation of our national legislature. In the French chambers the members are all Frenchmen ; but our members of Congress are effectively Georgians, New-Yorkers, Carolinians, Pennsylvanians, &c."

Derived terms

  • inveteration

References

  • Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “inveterate”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
  • “inveterate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

  • Everettian, entreative

Italian

Adjective

inveterate

  1. feminine plural of inveterato

Anagrams

  • eternatevi, ritenevate

Latin

Participle

inveterāte

  1. vocative masculine singular of inveterātus

Source: wiktionary.org