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Is regulate a Scrabble word?

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

R1E1G2U1L1A1T1E1

Is regulate a Scrabble UK word?

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

R1E1G2U1L1A1T1E1

Is regulate a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word regulate is a Words With Friends word. The word regulate is worth 12 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

R1E1G3U2L2A1T1E1

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8-letter words (1 found)

REGULATE,

7-letter words (7 found)

GAULTER,LEAGUER,REGULAE,TEGULAE,TEGULAR,TRAGULE,TREAGUE,

6-letter words (20 found)

ARGUTE,EAGLET,ELATER,ELUATE,ERGATE,GALERE,GELATE,GURLET,LEAGUE,LEGATE,REGALE,REGLET,REGLUE,REGULA,RELATE,RUGATE,TEAGLE,TEGULA,TELEGA,TERGAL,

5-letter words (62 found)

AGLEE,AGLET,AGREE,ALERT,ALTER,ALURE,ARETE,ARGLE,ARGUE,ARTEL,AUGER,EAGER,EAGLE,EAGRE,EATER,EGRET,ELATE,ELUTE,ETAGE,GALUT,GATER,GAULT,GEARE,GERLE,GLARE,GLAUR,GLEET,GLUER,GLUTE,GRATE,GREAT,GREET,GRUEL,GULAR,GULET,LAGER,LAREE,LARGE,LATER,LEARE,LEEAR,LEGER,LUGER,LUTEA,LUTER,RAGEE,RATEL,REATE,REGAL,RELET,RETAG,RUGAE,RUGAL,TALER,TARGE,TEGUA,TELAE,TERGA,TUGRA,ULTRA,URATE,UREAL,

4-letter words (73 found)

AGEE,AGER,AGLU,AGUE,ALEE,AREG,ARET,ARLE,EALE,EARL,EGAL,EGER,EUGE,GALE,GARE,GART,GATE,GAUR,GEAL,GEAR,GEAT,GELT,GERE,GERT,GETA,GLEE,GLUE,GLUT,GRAT,GREE,GRUE,GUAR,GULA,GULE,GURL,LAER,LARE,LATE,LATU,LEAR,LEAT,LEER,LEET,LERE,LUGE,LURE,LUTE,RAGE,RAGU,RALE,RATE,RATU,REAL,REEL,RETE,RUGA,RULE,TAEL,TALE,TARE,TEAL,TEAR,TEEL,TEER,TEGU,TELA,TELE,TREE,TRUE,TRUG,TULE,UREA,URGE,

3-letter words (61 found)

AGE,ALE,ALT,ALU,ARE,ART,ATE,AUE,EAR,EAT,EAU,EEL,ELT,ERA,ERE,ERG,ETA,GAE,GAL,GAR,GAT,GAU,GEE,GEL,GER,GET,GUE,GUL,GUR,GUT,LAG,LAR,LAT,LEA,LEE,LEG,LET,LEU,LUG,LUR,RAG,RAT,REE,REG,RET,RUE,RUG,RUT,TAE,TAG,TAR,TAU,TEA,TEE,TEG,TEL,TUG,ULE,URE,UTA,UTE,

2-letter words (18 found)

AE,AG,AL,AR,AT,EA,EE,EL,ER,ET,GU,LA,RE,TA,TE,UG,UR,UT,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 243 words from regulate according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of regulate

regulate

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin regulatus, past participle of regulō (“to direct, rule, regulate”), from regula (“rule”), from regō (“to keep straight, direct, govern, rule”). Compare regle, rail. Displaced native Old English metegian. Equivalent to regular +‎ -ate.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɹɛɡjəleɪt/
  • Hyphenation: re‧gu‧late

Verb

regulate (third-person singular simple present regulates, present participle regulating, simple past and past participle regulated)

  1. To dictate policy.
  2. To control or direct according to rule, principle, or law.
  3. To adjust (a mechanism) for accurate and proper functioning.
  4. To put or maintain in order.

Derived terms

  • deregulate
  • downregulate
  • self-regulate
  • upregulate

Related terms

  • rule
  • ruler
  • regular
  • regulation
  • regulator

Translations

Further reading

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

Anagrams

  • legature

Latin

Verb

rēgulāte

  1. second-person plural present active imperative of rēgulō

Spanish

Verb

regulate

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

Source: wiktionary.org