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What does ligate mean? Is ligate a Scrabble word?

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Is ligate a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word ligate is a Scrabble US word. The word ligate is worth 7 points in Scrabble:

L1I1G2A1T1E1

Is ligate a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word ligate is a Scrabble UK word and has 7 points:

L1I1G2A1T1E1

Is ligate a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word ligate is a Words With Friends word. The word ligate is worth 9 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

L2I1G3A1T1E1

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6-letter words (4 found)

AIGLET,GELATI,LIGATE,TAIGLE,

5-letter words (5 found)

AGILE,AGLET,GILET,LEGIT,TELIA,

4-letter words (31 found)

ALIT,EGAL,GAIT,GALE,GATE,GEAL,GEAT,GEIT,GELT,GETA,GILA,GILT,GITE,GLEI,GLIA,GLIT,ILEA,LATE,LATI,LEAT,LITE,TAEL,TAIG,TAIL,TALE,TALI,TEAL,TEIL,TELA,TIGE,TILE,

3-letter words (35 found)

AGE,AIL,AIT,ALE,ALT,ATE,EAT,ELT,ETA,GAE,GAL,GAT,GEL,GET,GIE,GIT,ITA,LAG,LAT,LEA,LEG,LEI,LET,LIE,LIG,LIT,TAE,TAG,TAI,TEA,TEG,TEL,TIE,TIG,TIL,

2-letter words (15 found)

AE,AG,AI,AL,AT,EA,EL,ET,GI,IT,LA,LI,TA,TE,TI,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 91 words from ligate according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of ligate

ligate

Etymology

Latin ligātus, perfect passive participle of ligō (“I bind”). Doublet of legato. Compare league.

Pronunciation

  • enPR: lĭ'gāt, IPA(key): /ˈlɪɡeɪt/

Verb

ligate (third-person singular simple present ligates, present participle ligating, simple past and past participle ligated)

  1. (transitive) To bind with a ligature or bandage.
  2. (transitive, typography) To connect text characters with a ligature.
  3. (transitive, intransitive, chemistry) To join by ligation.

Related terms

  • ligase
  • ligation

Translations

See also

  • colligate

Anagrams

  • aiglet, gelati

Esperanto

Adverb

ligate

  1. present adverbial passive participle of ligi

Latin

Participle

ligāte

  1. vocative masculine singular of ligātus

Spanish

Verb

ligate

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

Source: wiktionary.org