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What does invoke mean? Is invoke a Scrabble word?

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Is invoke a Scrabble word?

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

I1N1V4O1K5E1

Is invoke a Scrabble UK word?

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

I1N1V4O1K5E1

Is invoke a Words With Friends word?

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

I1N2V5O1K5E1

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6-letter words (1 found)

INVOKE,

5-letter words (6 found)

EIKON,ENOKI,ENVOI,KNIVE,KOINE,OVINE,

4-letter words (12 found)

IKON,KENO,KIEV,KINE,KINO,NEVI,OINK,ONIE,OVEN,VEIN,VINE,VINO,

3-letter words (18 found)

EIK,EON,EVO,IKE,INK,ION,KEN,KIN,KOI,KON,NEK,NIE,OIK,OKE,ONE,VIE,VIN,VOE,

2-letter words (11 found)

EN,IN,IO,KI,KO,NE,NO,OE,OI,OK,ON,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 49 words from invoke according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of invoke

invoke

Alternative forms

  • envoke (archaic or nonstandard)

Etymology

From Middle English *invoken, envoken, borrowed from Old French envoquer, from Latin invocāre (“to call upon”), itself from in- +‎ vocare (“to call”). Doublet of invocate.

Pronunciation

  • (US) enPR: in'vōk, IPA(key): /ɪnˈvoʊk/
  • (UK) enPR: in'vōk, IPA(key): /ɪnˈvəʊk/

Verb

invoke (third-person singular simple present invokes, present participle invoking, simple past and past participle invoked)

  1. (transitive) To call upon (a person, a god) for help, assistance or guidance.
  2. (transitive) To solicit, petition for, appeal to a favorable attitude.
  3. (transitive) To call to mind (something) for some purpose.
  4. (transitive) To appeal for validation to a (notably cited) authority.
  5. (transitive) To conjure up with incantations.
  6. (transitive) To bring about as an inevitable consequence.
  7. (transitive, computing) To cause (a program or subroutine) to execute.

Synonyms

  • (to call upon): invocate (obsolete)
  • (appeal for validation): cite, reference, appeal
  • (bring about): bring about, incite; see also Thesaurus:incite
  • (petition for): solicit, appeal, petition
  • (computing, cause a program or subroutine to execute): call, execute, launch, run

Derived terms

  • invoker
  • invokable
  • uninvokable

Related terms

  • evoke
  • invocate
  • invocation
  • invocational
  • invocatory

Translations

Further reading

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

Source: wiktionary.org