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Is populate a Scrabble word?

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

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Is populate a Scrabble UK word?

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

P3O1P3U1L1A1T1E1

Is populate a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word populate is a Words With Friends word. The word populate is worth 16 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

P4O1P4U2L2A1T1E1

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8-letter words (1 found)

POPULATE,

7-letter words (2 found)

OUTLEAP,UPLEAPT,

6-letter words (13 found)

APPLET,LAPPET,LAPTOP,LOPPET,PAPULE,PELOTA,POTALE,POULPE,PUPATE,PUTEAL,TOPPLE,TUPELO,UPLEAP,

5-letter words (32 found)

APPEL,APPLE,EPOPT,LEAPT,LEPTA,LETUP,LOUPE,LUTEA,OLPAE,PALET,PELAU,PELTA,PEPLA,PETAL,PLATE,PLEAT,PLOAT,PLUOT,PLUTO,POTAE,POULE,POULP,POULT,POUPE,POUPT,PULAO,PUPAE,PUPAL,TAUPE,TEPAL,TULPA,TUPLE,

4-letter words (62 found)

ALOE,ALTO,ATOP,AUTO,LATE,LATU,LEAP,LEAT,LEPT,LOPE,LOTA,LOTE,LOUP,LOUT,LUTE,OLEA,OLPE,OPAL,OUPA,OUTA,PALE,PALP,PAPE,PATE,PATU,PAUL,PEAL,PEAT,PELA,PELT,PEPO,PLAP,PLAT,PLEA,PLOP,PLOT,PLUE,POEP,POET,POLE,POLT,POPE,POTE,POUT,PULA,PULE,PULP,PUPA,TAEL,TALE,TAPE,TAPU,TEAL,TELA,TEPA,TOEA,TOLA,TOLE,TOLU,TOPE,TULE,UPTA,

3-letter words (58 found)

ALE,ALP,ALT,ALU,APE,APO,APP,APT,ATE,AUE,EAT,EAU,ELT,ETA,LAP,LAT,LEA,LEP,LET,LEU,LOP,LOT,LOU,OAT,OLE,OPA,OPE,OPT,OUP,OUT,PAL,PAP,PAT,PEA,PEL,PEP,PET,PLU,POA,POL,POP,POT,PUL,PUP,PUT,TAE,TAO,TAP,TAU,TEA,TEL,TOE,TOP,TUP,ULE,UPO,UTA,UTE,

2-letter words (19 found)

AE,AL,AT,EA,EL,ET,LA,LO,OE,OP,OU,PA,PE,PO,TA,TE,TO,UP,UT,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 188 words from populate according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of populate

populate

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin populātus, past participle of populor (“populate”), from Latin populus (“people”).

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈpɒp.jʊˌleɪt/
  • (General American, Canada) IPA(key): /ˈpɑ.pjəˌleɪt/
  • (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈpɔp.jəˌlæɪt/

Verb

populate (third-person singular simple present populates, present participle populating, simple past and past participle populated)

  2. (transitive) To supply with inhabitants; to people.
  4. (transitive) To live in; to inhabit.
  5. (intransitive) To increase in number; to breed.
  6. (computing, transitive, intransitive) To fill initially empty items in a collection.
    John clicked the Search button and waited for the list to populate.
    Clicking the refresh button will populate the grid.
  7. (electronics) To fill initially empty slots or sockets on a circuit board or similar.

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Adjective

populate (comparative more populate, superlative most populate)

  1. (obsolete) populous

Latin

Participle

populāte

  1. vocative masculine singular of populātus

Source: wiktionary.org