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Is lactate a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word lactate is a Scrabble US word. The word lactate is worth 9 points in Scrabble:

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Is lactate a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word lactate is a Scrabble UK word and has 9 points:

L1A1C3T1A1T1E1

Is lactate a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word lactate is a Words With Friends word. The word lactate is worth 11 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

L2A1C4T1A1T1E1

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7-letter words (1 found)

LACTATE,

6-letter words (3 found)

ACETAL,CATTLE,TECTAL,

5-letter words (9 found)

ACETA,ALATE,CLEAT,ECLAT,LACET,LATTE,TACET,TALEA,TECTA,

4-letter words (22 found)

ACTA,ALAE,ALEC,CATE,CELT,CLAT,ETAT,LACE,LATE,LEAT,TAAL,TACE,TACT,TAEL,TALA,TALC,TALE,TATE,TEAL,TEAT,TELA,TELT,

3-letter words (25 found)

AAL,ACE,ACT,ALA,ALE,ALT,ATE,ATT,CAA,CAL,CAT,CEL,EAT,ELT,ETA,LAC,LAT,LEA,LET,TAE,TAT,TEA,TEC,TEL,TET,

2-letter words (10 found)

AA,AE,AL,AT,EA,EL,ET,LA,TA,TE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 71 words from lactate according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of lactate

lactate

Pronunciation

  • (UK, noun) IPA(key): /ˈlæk.teɪt/
  • (UK, verb) IPA(key): /lækˈteɪt/
    • Rhymes: -eɪt
  • (US, noun, verb) IPA(key): /ˈlæk.teɪt/

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin lactātus, perfect passive participle of lactō (“contain milk, give suck”), from lac (“milk”), cognate to Ancient Greek γάλα (gála, “milk”).

Verb

lactate (third-person singular simple present lactates, present participle lactating, simple past and past participle lactated)

  1. (intransitive) To secrete or produce milk
Derived terms
  • lactation
Related terms
  • lactic
  • lactose
Translations

Etymology 2

lactic (“lactic acid”) +‎ -ate

Noun

lactate (plural lactates)

  1. (chemistry) Any salt or ester of lactic acid
  2. Ellipsis of lactate ion.
Derived terms
Related terms
  • lactic
  • lactose
Translations

Further reading

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

French

Etymology

From lact- +‎ -ate.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lak.tat/

Noun

lactate m (plural lactates)

  1. lactate

Further reading

  • “lactate”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Latin

Verb

lactāte

  1. second-person plural present active imperative of lactō

Spanish

Verb

lactate

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

Source: wiktionary.org