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Is utilise a Scrabble word?

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

U1T1I1L1I1S1E1

Is utilise a Scrabble UK word?

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

U1T1I1L1I1S1E1

Is utilise a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word utilise is a Words With Friends word. The word utilise is worth 9 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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7-letter words (1 found)

UTILISE,

6-letter words (4 found)

SUTILE,TUILES,ULITIS,UTILES,

5-letter words (17 found)

ETUIS,ILEUS,ISLET,ISTLE,LIEUS,LITES,LUTES,SLUIT,STEIL,STILE,SUITE,TEILS,TILES,TUILE,TULES,TULSI,UTILE,

4-letter words (37 found)

ELTS,ETUI,ISIT,ISLE,LEIS,LEST,LETS,LIES,LIEU,LIST,LITE,LITS,LITU,LUES,LUIT,LUST,LUTE,SEIL,SILE,SILT,SITE,SLIT,SLUE,SLUT,STIE,SUET,SUIT,TEIL,TELS,TIES,TILE,TILS,TUIS,TULE,ULES,UTES,UTIS,

3-letter words (27 found)

ELS,ELT,EST,ITS,LEI,LES,LET,LEU,LIE,LIS,LIT,SEI,SEL,SET,SIT,SUE,SUI,TEL,TES,TIE,TIL,TIS,TUI,ULE,USE,UTE,UTS,

2-letter words (12 found)

EL,ES,ET,IS,IT,LI,SI,ST,TE,TI,US,UT,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 99 words from utilise according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of utilise

utilise

Alternative forms

  • utilize (American, Canadian, Oxford British spelling)

Etymology

From French utiliser, from Italian utilizzare, from utile (“useful”), from Latin ūtilis, from ūtī (“use”). Attested c. 1810.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈjuːtɪlaɪz/

Verb

utilise (third-person singular simple present utilises, present participle utilising, simple past and past participle utilised) (British spelling)

  1. To make use of; to use.
  2. To make useful; to find a practical use for.
  3. To make best use of; to use to its fullest extent, potential, or ability.
  4. To make do with; to use in manner different from that originally intended

Usage notes

Many style guides advise against the use of utilize and utilise, arguing that the simpler verb use is always preferable (and, analogously, that the noun use is preferable to utilization and utilisation). When used simply as a synonym in ordinary writing (as in “please utilise the rear door when exiting the aircraft”) it can strike readers as pretentious, and authorities advise it should be used sparingly.

However, utilise is suited to senses in which use would require circumlocution. Examples of such senses include:

  • put to use, as in “... utilise the production capacities of the local industries fully before ordering from foreign industries”;
  • exploit or consume, as in “... utilise the support that the system provides, such as by making the most of tax exemptions and special supplies”; or
  • make best use of (profitable, practical use, not just general use), as in “... farmers must utilise their land fully to boost food security”.

Synonyms

  • employ
  • exploit
  • use

Derived terms

  • utilisation
  • utilisable
  • utiliser

Translations

References

French

Verb

utilise

  1. inflection of utiliser:
    1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    2. second-person singular imperative

Source: wiktionary.org