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Is literate a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word literate is a Scrabble US word. The word literate is worth 8 points in Scrabble:

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Is literate a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word literate is a Scrabble UK word and has 8 points:

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Is literate a Words With Friends word?

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

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8-letter words (2 found)

LATERITE,LITERATE,

7-letter words (7 found)

AILETTE,ARIETTE,ATELIER,ITERATE,REALTIE,RETITLE,TERTIAL,

6-letter words (17 found)

ATTIRE,ELATER,LATTER,LETTER,LETTRE,LITTER,RATITE,RATTLE,RELATE,RETAIL,RETIAL,RETILE,TAILER,TATLER,TERTIA,TILTER,TITLER,

5-letter words (46 found)

AERIE,ALERT,ALTER,ARETE,ARETT,ARIEL,ARTEL,ATILT,EATER,ELATE,ELITE,ETTLE,IRATE,LAREE,LATER,LATTE,LEARE,LEEAR,LIART,LITER,LITRE,RAILE,RATEL,REATE,RELET,RELIE,RELIT,RETIA,RETIE,TALER,TATER,TATIE,TELAE,TELIA,TERAI,TETRA,TETRI,TILER,TITER,TITLE,TITRE,TRAIL,TRAIT,TREAT,TRIAL,TRITE,

4-letter words (69 found)

AIRT,ALEE,ALIT,ARET,ARIL,ARLE,ARTI,EALE,EARL,ETAT,ILEA,LAER,LAIR,LARE,LARI,LATE,LATI,LEAR,LEAT,LEER,LEET,LEIR,LERE,LIAR,LIER,LIRA,LIRE,LITE,RAIL,RAIT,RALE,RATE,REAL,REEL,RETE,RIAL,RIEL,RILE,RITE,RITT,TAEL,TAIL,TAIT,TALE,TALI,TARE,TART,TATE,TEAL,TEAR,TEAT,TEEL,TEER,TEIL,TELA,TELE,TELT,TETE,TIAR,TIER,TILE,TILT,TIRE,TIRL,TITE,TRAT,TREE,TRET,TRIE,

3-letter words (44 found)

AIL,AIR,AIT,ALE,ALT,ARE,ART,ATE,ATT,EAR,EAT,EEL,ELT,ERA,ERE,ETA,IRE,ITA,LAR,LAT,LEA,LEE,LEI,LET,LIE,LIT,RAI,RAT,REE,REI,RET,RIA,RIT,TAE,TAI,TAR,TAT,TEA,TEE,TEL,TET,TIE,TIL,TIT,

2-letter words (17 found)

AE,AI,AL,AR,AT,EA,EE,EL,ER,ET,IT,LA,LI,RE,TA,TE,TI,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 203 words from literate according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of literate

literate

Etymology

From Middle English litterate, from Latin litterātus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlɪtəɹət/

Adjective

literate (comparative more literate, superlative most literate)

  1. Able to read and write; having literacy.
    Antonym: illiterate
  2. Knowledgeable in literature, writing; literary; well-read.
  3. Which is used in writing (of a language or dialect).

Derived terms

Related terms

  • illiterate
  • letter
  • literal
  • literacy
  • literary
  • literature

Translations

Noun

literate (plural literates)

  1. A person who is able to read and write.
  2. (historical) A person who was educated but had not taken a university degree; especially a candidate to take holy orders.

Translations

Further reading

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

Anagrams

  • laterite, teretial

Latin

Adjective

literāte

  1. vocative masculine singular of literātus

References

  • literate in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

Source: wiktionary.org