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Is operate a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word operate is a Scrabble US word. The word operate is worth 9 points in Scrabble:

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Is operate a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word operate is a Scrabble UK word and has 9 points:

O1P3E1R1A1T1E1

Is operate a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word operate is a Words With Friends word. The word operate is worth 10 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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7-letter words (1 found)

OPERATE,

6-letter words (4 found)

EPATER,PROTEA,REPEAT,RETAPE,

5-letter words (30 found)

APERT,APORT,APTER,ARETE,EATER,ETAPE,OATER,OPERA,OPTER,ORATE,PAREO,PATER,PEARE,PEART,PEREA,PETAR,PETER,PETRE,PORAE,PORTA,POTAE,PRATE,REATE,REPOT,ROATE,TAPER,TOPEE,TOPER,TRAPE,TROPE,

4-letter words (44 found)

AERO,APER,ARET,ATOP,PARE,PART,PATE,PEAR,PEAT,PEER,PERE,PERT,POET,PORE,PORT,POTE,PRAO,PRAT,PREE,PROA,RAPE,RAPT,RATE,RATO,REAP,REPO,RETE,ROPE,ROTA,ROTE,TAPE,TARE,TARO,TARP,TEAR,TEER,TEPA,TOEA,TOPE,TORA,TORE,TRAP,TREE,TROP,

3-letter words (46 found)

APE,APO,APT,ARE,ART,ATE,EAR,EAT,ERA,ERE,ETA,OAR,OAT,OPA,OPE,OPT,ORA,ORE,ORT,PAR,PAT,PEA,PEE,PER,PET,POA,POT,PRE,PRO,RAP,RAT,REE,REO,REP,RET,ROE,ROT,TAE,TAO,TAP,TAR,TEA,TEE,TOE,TOP,TOR,

2-letter words (17 found)

AE,AR,AT,EA,EE,ER,ET,OE,OP,OR,PA,PE,PO,RE,TA,TE,TO,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 143 words from operate according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of operate

operate

Etymology

From Latin operātus, past participle of operārī (“to work, labor, toil, have effect”), from opus, operis (“work, labor”).

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɒpəɹeɪt/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɑpəɹeɪt/
  • Rhymes: -ɒpəɹeɪt
  • Hyphenation: op‧er‧ate

Verb

operate (third-person singular simple present operates, present participle operating, simple past and past participle operated)

  1. (transitive or intransitive) To perform a work or labour; to exert power or strength, physical or mechanical; to act.
  2. (transitive or intransitive) To produce an appropriate physical effect; to issue in the result designed by nature; especially (medicine) to take appropriate effect on the human system.
  3. (transitive or intransitive) To act or produce effect on the mind; to exert moral power or influence.
  4. (medicine, transitive or intransitive) To perform some manual act upon a human body in a methodical manner, and usually with instruments, with a view to restore soundness or health, as in amputation, lithotomy, etc.
  5. (transitive or intransitive) To deal in stocks or any commodity with a view to speculative profits.
  6. (transitive or intransitive) To produce, as an effect; to cause.
  7. (transitive or intransitive) To put into, or to continue in, operation or activity; to work.

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References

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

Italian

Adjective

operate pl

  1. plural of operata

Verb

operate

  1. inflection of operare:
    1. second-person plural present indicative
    2. second-person plural imperative
    3. feminine plural past participle

Anagrams

  • poetare, poeterà

Latin

Participle

operāte

  1. vocative masculine singular of operātus

Spanish

Verb

operate

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

Source: wiktionary.org