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Is permeate a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word permeate is a Scrabble US word. The word permeate is worth 12 points in Scrabble:

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Is permeate a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word permeate is a Scrabble UK word and has 12 points:

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Is permeate a Words With Friends word?

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

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8-letter words (1 found)

PERMEATE,

7-letter words (2 found)

PREMEET,TEMPERA,

6-letter words (15 found)

AMPERE,EMPARE,EMPART,EPATER,MEETER,METEPA,REMATE,REMEET,REPEAT,RETAPE,RETEAM,TAMPER,TEAMER,TEEMER,TEMPER,

5-letter words (34 found)

AMEER,APERT,APTER,ARETE,ARMET,EATER,EMEER,ETAPE,MATER,MEARE,METER,METRE,MPRET,PATER,PEARE,PEART,PEREA,PETAR,PETER,PETRE,PRATE,RAMEE,RAMET,REAME,REATE,REMAP,REMET,RETEM,TAMER,TAPER,TEPEE,TRAMP,TRAPE,TREMA,

4-letter words (50 found)

APER,ARET,EMPT,EPEE,MARE,MART,MATE,MEAT,MEER,MEET,MERE,META,METE,PARE,PART,PATE,PEAR,PEAT,PEER,PERE,PERM,PERT,PRAM,PRAT,PREE,PREM,RAMP,RAPE,RAPT,RATE,REAM,REAP,RETE,TAME,TAMP,TAPE,TARE,TARP,TEAM,TEAR,TEEM,TEER,TEME,TEMP,TEPA,TERM,TRAM,TRAP,TREE,TREM,

3-letter words (42 found)

AME,AMP,APE,APT,ARE,ARM,ART,ATE,EAR,EAT,EME,ERA,ERE,ERM,ETA,MAE,MAP,MAR,MAT,MEE,MET,PAM,PAR,PAT,PEA,PEE,PER,PET,PRE,RAM,RAP,RAT,REE,REM,REP,RET,TAE,TAM,TAP,TAR,TEA,TEE,

2-letter words (16 found)

AE,AM,AR,AT,EA,EE,EM,ER,ET,MA,ME,PA,PE,RE,TA,TE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 161 words from permeate according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of permeate

permeate

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin permeātus, past participle of permeāre (“to pass through”).

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈpɜːmiˌeɪt/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈpɝmiˌeɪ̯t/

Verb

permeate (third-person singular simple present permeates, present participle permeating, simple past and past participle permeated)

  1. (transitive) To pass through the pores or interstices of; to penetrate and pass through without causing rupture or displacement; applied especially to fluids which pass through substances of loose texture
  2. (transitive) To enter and spread through; to pervade.
    • 1854, Saint Anselm, translated by Sidney Norton Deane, Proslogium and Monologium/Monologium/Chapter 14
      ...it is clear that this Being itself, is what supports and surpasses, includes and permeates all other things.

Related terms

  • permeable
  • permeant
  • permeation
  • permeator

Translations

Noun

permeate

  1. A watery by-product of milk production.
  2. Liquid that has passed through a filtration system.

References

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

Italian

Etymology 1

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

permeate

  1. inflection of permeare:
    1. second-person plural present indicative
    2. second-person plural imperative

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Participle

permeate f pl

  1. feminine plural of permeato

Latin

Verb

permeāte

  1. second-person plural present active imperative of permeō

Spanish

Verb

permeate

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

Source: wiktionary.org