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

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

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9-letter words (1 found)

IRRADIATE,

7-letter words (7 found)

AIRDATE,DIRTIER,RADIATE,TARAIRE,TARDIER,TARRIED,TIARAED,

6-letter words (21 found)

ADRATE,AIRIER,AIRTED,ARIDER,ARRIDE,ARTIER,DARTER,DARTRE,ERRATA,IDEATA,IRATER,RAIDER,RAITED,RETARD,RITARD,TARRED,TIDIER,TIRADE,TIRRED,TRADER,TRADIE,

5-letter words (46 found)

AARTI,AIDER,AIRED,AIRER,ARDRI,AREAD,AREAR,ARRET,ATRIA,DARER,DARRE,DATER,DEAIR,DERAT,DIRER,DREAR,DRIER,IRADE,IRATE,RADAR,RADII,RAIRD,RAITA,RARED,RATED,RATER,REATA,REDIA,REIRD,RETIA,RIATA,RIDER,TAIRA,TARED,TARRE,TEIID,TERAI,TERRA,TIARA,TIRED,TRADE,TREAD,TRIAD,TRIDE,TRIED,TRIER,

4-letter words (53 found)

ADIT,AIDA,AIDE,AIRT,ARAR,AREA,ARED,ARET,ARIA,ARID,ARTI,DARE,DARI,DART,DATA,DATE,DEAR,DIET,DIRE,DIRT,DITA,DITE,DRAT,EARD,EDIT,IDEA,IRED,IRID,RADE,RAIA,RAID,RAIT,RARE,RATA,RATE,READ,REAR,RIAD,RIDE,RITE,TAED,TARA,TARE,TEAD,TEAR,TIAR,TIDE,TIED,TIER,TIRE,TIRR,TRAD,TRIE,

3-letter words (37 found)

AIA,AID,AIR,AIT,ARD,ARE,ART,ATE,DAE,DEI,DIE,DIT,EAR,EAT,ERA,ERR,ETA,IDE,IRE,ITA,RAD,RAI,RAT,RED,REI,RET,RIA,RID,RIT,TAD,TAE,TAI,TAR,TEA,TED,TID,TIE,

2-letter words (19 found)

AA,AD,AE,AI,AR,AT,DA,DE,DI,EA,ED,ER,ET,ID,IT,RE,TA,TE,TI,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 185 words from irradiate according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of irradiate

irradiate

Etymology

The verb is a learned borrowing from Medieval Latin irradiātus + English -ate (suffix forming verbs denoting ‘to act in the specified manner’). Irradiātus is the perfect passive participle of irradiō, from Latin ir- (a variant of in- (prefix meaning ‘against; into; on, upon’)) + radiō (“to cause to radiate, irradiate; to emit beams, radiate”) (from radius (“ray of light; rod, staff; spoke of a wheel”) (further etymology uncertain; possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *reh₁t- (“beam; pole; post”)) + -ō (suffix forming regular first-conjugation verbs)).

The adjective is derived from Late Middle English irradiate (“illuminated, shining”), borrowed from Medieval Latin irradiātus (see above) + Middle English -at (suffix forming past participles of verbs). The adjective is attested earlier than the verb.

The English word is analysable as ir- (prefix meaning ‘against; into; on, upon’) +‎ radiate.

Pronunciation

  • Verb:
    • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɪˈɹeɪdɪeɪt/
    • (General American) IPA(key): /ɪˈɹeɪdiˌeɪt/
    • Rhymes: -eɪdɪeɪt
  • Adjective:
    • (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /ɪˈɹeɪdɪət/
    • Rhymes: -eɪdɪət
  • Hyphenation: ir‧rad‧i‧ate

Verb

irradiate (third-person singular simple present irradiates, present participle irradiating, simple past and past participle irradiated)

  1. (transitive)
    1. To send out (heat, light, or some other form of radiation) in the form of rays; to radiate.
    2. (often literary or poetic) To make (someone or something) bright by shining light on them or it; to brighten, to illuminate.
      Synonyms: illumine, light up; see also Thesaurus:illuminate
    3. (technology) To apply radiation other than visible light to (someone or something).
      1. To treat (food) with ionizing radiation to destroy pathogens.
      2. (medicine) To treat (a patient, or a cancerous growth or tumour) with radiation.
    4. (figurative, often literary or poetic)
      1. To animate or enliven (one's mood, or soul or spirit).
      2. To cause (one's face) to look beautiful, happy, or lively; to light up.
      3. To decorate (a place) splendidly.
      4. To enlighten (someone, their mind, etc.) intellectually or spiritually; to illuminate, to shed light on.
      5. To send out (something) as if in the form of rays; to diffuse, to radiate, to shed.
    5. (obsolete, figurative) To influence (something) as if with rays of heat, light, etc.
  2. (intransitive, often literary or poetic)
    1. To become bright; to brighten, to light up.
    2. Often followed by on or upon: to emit rays of light; to shine.
    3. (figurative) To emit something other than light; to radiate.
    4. (obsolete) To diverge or be sent out in the form of rays.

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Adjective

irradiate (comparative more irradiate, superlative most irradiate) (literary or poetic)

  1. Made brilliant or bright; irradiated, illuminated.
  2. (figurative) Made splendid or wonderful.

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Further reading

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

Italian

Etymology 1

Verb

irradiate

  1. inflection of irradiare:
    1. second-person plural present indicative/subjunctive
    2. second-person plural imperative

Etymology 2

Participle

irradiate f pl

  1. feminine plural of irradiato

Anagrams

  • arridiate, idraterai, reidratai, riardiate

Spanish

Verb

irradiate

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

Source: wiktionary.org