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Is tailgate a Scrabble word?

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

T1A1I1L1G2A1T1E1

Is tailgate a Scrabble UK word?

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

T1A1I1L1G2A1T1E1

Is tailgate a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word tailgate is a Words With Friends word. The word tailgate is worth 11 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

T1A1I1L2G3A1T1E1

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8-letter words (1 found)

TAILGATE,

7-letter words (1 found)

AGITATE,

6-letter words (5 found)

AIGLET,ALGATE,GELATI,LIGATE,TAIGLE,

5-letter words (19 found)

AGATE,AGILA,AGILE,AGITA,AGLET,ALATE,ALGAE,ATILT,GAITA,GAITT,GALEA,GILET,LATTE,LEGIT,TAIGA,TALEA,TATIE,TELIA,TITLE,

4-letter words (44 found)

AIGA,ALAE,ALGA,ALIT,EGAL,ETAT,GAIT,GALA,GALE,GATE,GEAL,GEAT,GEIT,GELT,GETA,GILA,GILT,GITE,GLEI,GLIA,GLIT,ILEA,LATE,LATI,LEAT,LITE,TAAL,TAEL,TAIG,TAIL,TAIT,TALA,TALE,TALI,TATE,TEAL,TEAT,TEIL,TELA,TELT,TIGE,TILE,TILT,TITE,

3-letter words (43 found)

AAL,AGA,AGE,AIA,AIL,AIT,ALA,ALE,ALT,ATE,ATT,EAT,ELT,ETA,GAE,GAL,GAT,GEL,GET,GIE,GIT,ITA,LAG,LAT,LEA,LEG,LEI,LET,LIE,LIG,LIT,TAE,TAG,TAI,TAT,TEA,TEG,TEL,TET,TIE,TIG,TIL,TIT,

2-letter words (16 found)

AA,AE,AG,AI,AL,AT,EA,EL,ET,GI,IT,LA,LI,TA,TE,TI,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 130 words from tailgate according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of tailgate

tailgate

Alternative forms

  • tail-gate, tail gate

Etymology

From tail +‎ gate.

Pronunciation

  • (UK, US) IPA(key): /ˈteɪlˌɡeɪt/

Noun

tailgate (plural tailgates)

  1. (automotive) A hinged board or hatch at the rear of a vehicle that can be lowered for loading and unloading.
    Synonym: tailboard
  2. (British) The hinged rear door of a hatchback.
  3. Either of the downstream gates in a canal lock.
    (Can we add an example for this sense?)
  4. (US) Ellipsis of tailgate party.

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Verb

tailgate (third-person singular simple present tailgates, present participle tailgating, simple past and past participle tailgated)

  1. (automotive, intransitive, transitive) To drive dangerously close behind another vehicle.
  2. To follow another person through access control on their access, rather than on one’s own credentials, especially when entering a door controlled by a card reader.
    Synonyms: piggyback, draft
  3. (finance, of a broker) To privately purchase or sell a security immediately after trading in the same security for a client.
    Coordinate term: front run
  4. (US, intransitive) To have a tailgate party.

Derived terms

  • tailgater

Translations

See also

  • security distance
  • draft
  • slipstream

Further reading

  • tailgate on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • piggybacking (security) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • tailgating on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Source: wiktionary.org