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Is spate a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word spate is a Scrabble US word. The word spate is worth 7 points in Scrabble:

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Is spate a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word spate is a Scrabble UK word and has 7 points:

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5-letter words (8 found)

PASTE,PATES,PEATS,SEPTA,SPATE,SPEAT,TAPES,TEPAS,

4-letter words (30 found)

APES,APSE,APTS,ATES,EAST,EATS,ETAS,PASE,PAST,PATE,PATS,PEAS,PEAT,PEST,PETS,SATE,SEAT,SEPT,SETA,SPAE,SPAT,SPET,STAP,STEP,TAES,TAPE,TAPS,TASE,TEAS,TEPA,

3-letter words (26 found)

APE,APT,ASP,ATE,ATS,EAS,EAT,EST,ETA,PAS,PAT,PEA,PES,PET,PST,SAE,SAP,SAT,SEA,SET,SPA,TAE,TAP,TAS,TEA,TES,

2-letter words (11 found)

AE,AS,AT,EA,ES,ET,PA,PE,ST,TA,TE,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 76 words from spate according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of spate

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Definitions and meaning of spate

spate

Etymology

The noun is derived from Middle English spate, spait (“a flood”), influenced by Scots spate (“torrent of water, flood; heavy downpour of rain; (figurative) bout of drinking; large crowd of people; flood of events, words, etc.”). The further etymology of the Middle English and Scots words is uncertain; they are possibly related to English spatter and Dutch spatten (“to spatter, splash”), possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sp(y)ēw, *spyū (whence English spit (“to evacuate (saliva or another substance) from the mouth, etc.”)), which is imitative of spitting.

The verb is derived from the noun, probably influenced by Scots spate (“to flood, swell; to rain heavily; (figurative) to scold fiercely”).

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /speɪt/
  • Rhymes: -eɪt
  • Homophone: speight

Noun

spate (countable and uncountable, plural spates) (originally Northern England, Scotland)

  1. (countable) A (sudden) flood or inundation of water; specifically, a flood in or overflow of a river or other watercourse due to heavy rain or melting snow; (uncountable, archaic) flooding, inundation.
  2. (countable) A sudden heavy downpour of rain.
  3. (countable, figurative) A sudden increase or rush of something; a flood, an outburst, an outpouring.

Alternative forms

  • spat (obsolete)

Translations

Verb

spate (third-person singular simple present spates, present participle spating, simple past and past participle spated) (originally Northern England, Scotland, archaic)

  1. (transitive) To (suddenly) flood or inundate (a river or other watercourse) with water.
  2. (intransitive) To (suddenly) rain heavily; to pour.

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References

Further reading

  • Joseph Wright, editor (1905), “SPATE, sb. and v.”, in The English Dialect Dictionary: […], volumes V (R–S), London: Henry Frowde, […], publisher to the English Dialect Society, […]; New York, N.Y.: G. P. Putnam’s Sons, →OCLC, page 650, column 1.
  • Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “spate”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

Anagrams

  • Pesta, aspet, paste, pates, peats, pâtés, sepat, septa, septa-, speat, stape, tapes, tepas

Italian

Noun

spate f

  1. plural of spata

Anagrams

  • paste, pesta

Romanian

Etymology

Inherited from Latin spathae, plural of spatha, from Ancient Greek σπάθη (spáthē).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈspate/

Noun

spate n (plural spate)

  1. back (anatomy)
  2. back (part, side) of something
  3. shoulder

Declension

Synonyms

  • (back): dos, spinare
  • (shoulder): umăr

Derived terms

  • în spate

Related terms

  • spată

Source: wiktionary.org