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Is metate a Scrabble word?

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

M3E1T1A1T1E1

Is metate a Scrabble UK word?

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

M3E1T1A1T1E1

Is metate a Words With Friends word?

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

M4E1T1A1T1E1

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6-letter words (1 found)

METATE,

5-letter words (1 found)

MATTE,

4-letter words (14 found)

ETAT,MATE,MATT,MEAT,MEET,META,METE,TAME,TATE,TEAM,TEAT,TEEM,TEME,TETE,

3-letter words (16 found)

AME,ATE,ATT,EAT,EME,ETA,MAE,MAT,MEE,MET,TAE,TAM,TAT,TEA,TEE,TET,

2-letter words (11 found)

AE,AM,AT,EA,EE,EM,ET,MA,ME,TA,TE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 44 words from metate according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of metate

metate

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish metate, from a Nahuan language, from Proto-Nahuan *metlatl.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mɛˈtɑːteɪ/

Noun

metate (plural metates)

  1. A flat stone with a slightly concave surface, used with another stone (a mano) for grinding maize or other grains.

Translations

Esperanto

Adverb

metate

  1. present adverbial passive participle of meti

Latin

Participle

mētāte

  1. vocative masculine singular of mētātus

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from a Nahuan language, from Proto-Nahuan *metlatl.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /meˈtate/ [meˈt̪a.t̪e]
  • Rhymes: -ate
  • Syllabification: me‧ta‧te

Noun

metate m (plural metates)

  1. metate (a flat stone with a slightly concave surface, used with another stone (mano) for grinding maize or other grains)

Descendants

  • → English: metate

See also

  • molcajete

Further reading

  • “metate”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Source: wiktionary.org