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Is placate a Scrabble word?

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

P3L1A1C3A1T1E1

Is placate a Scrabble UK word?

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

P3L1A1C3A1T1E1

Is placate a Words With Friends word?

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

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7-letter words (1 found)

PLACATE,

6-letter words (6 found)

ACETAL,CAPLET,PALACE,PALATE,PLACET,TALPAE,

5-letter words (24 found)

ACETA,ALATE,APACE,CALPA,CAPLE,CLAPT,CLEAT,CLEPT,ECLAT,EPACT,LACET,LEAPT,LEPTA,PACTA,PALEA,PALET,PELTA,PETAL,PLACE,PLATE,PLEAT,TALEA,TALPA,TEPAL,

4-letter words (40 found)

ACTA,ALAE,ALAP,ALEC,ATAP,CALP,CAPA,CAPE,CATE,CELT,CLAP,CLAT,LACE,LATE,LEAP,LEAT,LEPT,PAAL,PACA,PACE,PACT,PALE,PATE,PEAL,PEAT,PELA,PELT,PLAT,PLEA,TAAL,TACE,TAEL,TALA,TALC,TALE,TAPA,TAPE,TEAL,TELA,TEPA,

3-letter words (37 found)

AAL,ACE,ACT,ALA,ALE,ALP,ALT,APE,APT,ATE,CAA,CAL,CAP,CAT,CEL,CEP,EAT,ELT,ETA,LAC,LAP,LAT,LEA,LEP,LET,PAC,PAL,PAT,PEA,PEC,PEL,PET,TAE,TAP,TEA,TEC,TEL,

2-letter words (12 found)

AA,AE,AL,AT,EA,EL,ET,LA,PA,PE,TA,TE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 121 words from placate according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of placate

placate

Etymology

From Latin plācātus, past participle of plācō (“appease, placate”, literally “smooth, smoothen”), from Proto-Indo-European *plāk- (“smooth, flat”), from *pele- (“broad, flat, plain”). Related to Latin placeō (“appease”), Old English flōh (“flat stone, chip”). More at please.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /pləˈkeɪt/, /pleɪˈkeɪt/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈpleɪkeɪt/, /pleɪˈkeɪt/
  • Rhymes: -eɪt

Verb

placate (third-person singular simple present placates, present participle placating, simple past and past participle placated)

  1. (transitive) To calm; to bring peace to; to influence someone who was furious to the point that they become content or at least no longer irate.
    Synonyms: appease, soothe, conciliate, mollify, propitiate, satisfy
    Antonym: enrage
    (Can we add an example for this sense?)

Derived terms

Related terms

  • placid

Translations

Anagrams

  • epactal

Italian

Verb

placate

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

Anagrams

  • catalpe

Latin

Verb

plācāte

  1. second-person plural present active imperative of plācō

References

  • “placate”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “placate”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • placate in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Spanish

Verb

placate

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

Source: wiktionary.org