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Is obligate a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word obligate is a Scrabble US word. The word obligate is worth 11 points in Scrabble:

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Is obligate a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word obligate is a Scrabble UK word and has 11 points:

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Is obligate a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word obligate is a Words With Friends word. The word obligate is worth 14 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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8-letter words (1 found)

OBLIGATE,

7-letter words (1 found)

GLOBATE,

6-letter words (25 found)

AIGLET,ALBEIT,ALBITE,BEGILT,BETOIL,BOATEL,BOATIE,BOLETI,GABLET,GALIOT,GELATI,GELATO,GIBLET,GOALIE,GOBLET,LATIGO,LEGATO,LIBATE,LIGATE,LOBATE,OBELIA,OBITAL,OBLATE,OBLIGE,TAIGLE,

5-letter words (38 found)

ABLET,ABOIL,AGILE,AGLET,BAGEL,BAGIE,BALTI,BEGAT,BEGOT,BELGA,BIGAE,BIGOT,BILGE,BIOTA,BLATE,BLEAT,BLITE,BLOAT,BOGIE,BOGLE,BOITE,BOTEL,GABLE,GIBEL,GILET,GLEBA,GLOAT,GLOBE,GLOBI,LEGIT,LOGIA,LOGIE,OBELI,TABLE,TELIA,TELOI,TOGAE,TOILE,

4-letter words (94 found)

ABET,ABLE,AGIO,ALBE,ALIT,ALOE,ALTO,BAEL,BAIL,BAIT,BALE,BATE,BEAL,BEAT,BEGO,BELT,BETA,BIGA,BILE,BIOG,BITE,BITO,BLAE,BLAG,BLAT,BLET,BLIT,BLOG,BLOT,BOAT,BOET,BOIL,BOLA,BOLE,BOLT,BOTA,BOTE,EGAL,GAIT,GALE,GAOL,GATE,GEAL,GEAT,GEIT,GELT,GETA,GIBE,GILA,GILT,GITE,GLEI,GLIA,GLIB,GLIT,GLOB,GOAL,GOAT,GOBI,GOEL,GOLE,ILEA,IOTA,LATE,LATI,LEAT,LITE,LOBE,LOBI,LOGE,LOTA,LOTE,LOTI,OBIA,OBIT,OGLE,OLEA,TABI,TAEL,TAIG,TAIL,TALE,TALI,TEAL,TEIL,TELA,TIGE,TILE,TOEA,TOGA,TOGE,TOIL,TOLA,TOLE,

3-letter words (77 found)

ABO,AGE,AGO,AIL,AIT,ALB,ALE,ALT,ATE,BAE,BAG,BAL,BAO,BAT,BEG,BEL,BET,BIG,BIO,BIT,BOA,BOG,BOI,BOT,EAT,EGO,ELT,ETA,GAB,GAE,GAL,GAT,GEL,GEO,GET,GIB,GIE,GIO,GIT,GOA,GOB,GOE,GOT,ITA,LAB,LAG,LAT,LEA,LEG,LEI,LET,LIB,LIE,LIG,LIT,LOB,LOG,LOT,OAT,OBA,OBE,OBI,OIL,OLE,TAB,TAE,TAG,TAI,TAO,TEA,TEG,TEL,TIE,TIG,TIL,TOE,TOG,

2-letter words (27 found)

AB,AE,AG,AI,AL,AT,BA,BE,BI,BO,EA,EL,ET,GI,GO,IO,IT,LA,LI,LO,OB,OE,OI,TA,TE,TI,TO,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 264 words from obligate according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of obligate

obligate

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin obligātus, past participle of obligō. Doublet of oblige, taken through French.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation)
    • (verb): enPR: ŏbʹlĭ-gāt', IPA(key): /ˈɒb.lɪˌɡeɪt/
    • (adjective): enPR: ŏbʹlĭ-gĭt, IPA(key): /ˈɒb.lɪ.ɡɪt/
  • (General American)
    • (verb): enPR: ŏbʹlĭ-gāt', IPA(key): /ˈɑb.lɪˌɡeɪt/
    • (adjective): enPR: ŏbʹlĭ-gĭt, IPA(key): /ˈɑb.lɪ.ɡɪt/
  • Hyphenation: ob‧li‧gate

Verb

obligate (third-person singular simple present obligates, present participle obligating, simple past and past participle obligated)

  1. (transitive) To bind, compel, constrain, or oblige by a social, legal, or moral tie.
  2. (transitive, Canada, US, Scotland) To cause to be grateful or indebted; to oblige.
  3. (transitive, Canada, US, Scotland) To commit (money, for example) in order to fulfill an obligation.

Usage notes

In non-legal usage, almost exclusively used in the passive, in form “obligated to X” where ‘X’ is a verb infinitive or noun phrase, as in “obligated to pay”. Further, it is now in standard use only in American English and some dialects such as Scottish, having disappeared from standard British English by the 20th century, being replaced by obliged (it was previously used in the 17th through 19th centuries).

Synonyms

  • (force, compel): See also: force: Synonyms

Derived terms

  • obligation
  • obligatory

Translations

Adjective

obligate (comparative more obligate, superlative most obligate)

  1. (biology) Requiring a (specified) way of life, habitat, etc.. [from 19th c.]
  2. Indispensable; essential; necessary; obligatory; mandatory; unavoidably invoked.
    In addition to being the obligate food source for monarch caterpillars, milkweeds also provide abundant nectar for the adult butterflies.

Synonyms

  • See Thesaurus:optional § Synonyms

Antonyms

  • See Thesaurus:optional § Antonyms

Derived terms

  • obligate carrier

Translations

Related terms

References

  • “obligate”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
  • “obligate”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

Esperanto

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /obliˈɡate/
  • Hyphenation: o‧bli‧ga‧te
  • Rhymes: -ate

Verb

obligate

  1. present adverbial passive participle of obligi

German

Pronunciation

Adjective

obligate

  1. inflection of obligat:
    1. strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
    2. strong nominative/accusative plural
    3. weak nominative all-gender singular
    4. weak accusative feminine/neuter singular

Latin

Participle

obligāte

  1. vocative masculine singular of obligātus

Spanish

Verb

obligate

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

Source: wiktionary.org