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

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Is oblate a Scrabble UK word?

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

O1B3L1A1T1E1

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6-letter words (3 found)

BOATEL,LOBATE,OBLATE,

5-letter words (6 found)

ABLET,BLATE,BLEAT,BLOAT,BOTEL,TABLE,

4-letter words (36 found)

ABET,ABLE,ALBE,ALOE,ALTO,BAEL,BALE,BATE,BEAL,BEAT,BELT,BETA,BLAE,BLAT,BLET,BLOT,BOAT,BOET,BOLA,BOLE,BOLT,BOTA,BOTE,LATE,LEAT,LOBE,LOTA,LOTE,OLEA,TAEL,TALE,TEAL,TELA,TOEA,TOLA,TOLE,

3-letter words (32 found)

ABO,ALB,ALE,ALT,ATE,BAE,BAL,BAO,BAT,BEL,BET,BOA,BOT,EAT,ELT,ETA,LAB,LAT,LEA,LET,LOB,LOT,OAT,OBA,OBE,OLE,TAB,TAE,TAO,TEA,TEL,TOE,

2-letter words (17 found)

AB,AE,AL,AT,BA,BE,BO,EA,EL,ET,LA,LO,OB,OE,TA,TE,TO,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 95 words from oblate according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of oblate

oblate

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈɒbleɪt/ (or IPA(key): /ɒˈbleɪt/ for adjective)
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈɑbleɪt/
  • Rhymes: (UK adjective) -eɪt

Etymology 1

From French oblat and its source, post-classical Latin oblātus (“person dedicated to religious life”), a nominal use of the past participle of offerō (“I offer”).

Noun

oblate (plural oblates or oblati)

  1. (Roman Catholicism) A person dedicated to a life of religion or monasticism, especially a member of an order without religious vows or a lay member of a religious community.
  2. A child given up by its parents into the keeping or dedication of a religious order or house.
    • 2007, The Venerable Bede started as an oblate at St Paul's, Jarrow, but by the time of his death in 735 was surely the most learned man in Europe. — Tom Shippey, ‘I Lerne Song’, London Review of Books 29:4, p. 19
Related terms
  • oblation
  • offer
  • offering

Etymology 2

From Late Latin oblātus, from Latin ob (“in front of, before”) + lātus (“broad, wide”), (modeled after prōlātus (“extended, lengthened”)).

Adjective

oblate (comparative more oblate, superlative most oblate)

  1. Flattened or depressed at the poles.
Antonyms
  • prolate
Related terms
  • oblatum
Translations
See also
  • equidimensional

Etymology 3

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Verb

oblate (third-person singular simple present oblates, present participle oblating, simple past and past participle oblated)

  1. To offer as either a gift or an oblation.

Anagrams

  • boatel, lobate

Italian

Adjective

oblate

  1. feminine plural of oblato

Anagrams

  • balteo, belato, lobate

Latin

Participle

oblāte

  1. vocative masculine singular of oblātus

Source: wiktionary.org