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Is virgate a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word virgate is a Scrabble US word. The word virgate is worth 11 points in Scrabble:

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Is virgate a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word virgate is a Scrabble UK word and has 11 points:

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Is virgate a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word virgate is a Words With Friends word. The word virgate is worth 13 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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7-letter words (2 found)

VIRGATE,VITRAGE,

6-letter words (9 found)

AIGRET,GAITER,GARVIE,GRIVET,RIVAGE,TAIVER,TIRAGE,TRIAGE,VIRGAE,

5-letter words (22 found)

AIVER,AVERT,GATER,GIVER,GRATE,GRAVE,GREAT,IRATE,RETAG,RETIA,RIVET,TARGE,TAVER,TERAI,TERGA,TIGER,TRAGI,TRAVE,VAIRE,VIRGA,VIRGE,VITAE,

4-letter words (53 found)

AGER,AIRT,AREG,ARET,ARTI,AVER,GAIR,GAIT,GARE,GARI,GART,GATE,GAVE,GEAR,GEAT,GEIT,GERT,GETA,GIRT,GITE,GIVE,GRAT,GRAV,GRIT,RAGE,RAGI,RAIT,RATE,RAVE,RITE,RIVA,RIVE,TAIG,TARE,TEAR,TIAR,TIER,TIGE,TIRE,TRIE,TRIG,VAGI,VAIR,VARE,VEGA,VERA,VERT,VIAE,VIER,VIGA,VIRE,VITA,VITE,

3-letter words (50 found)

AGE,AIR,AIT,ARE,ART,ATE,AVE,EAR,EAT,ERA,ERG,ETA,GAE,GAR,GAT,GER,GET,GIE,GIT,IRE,ITA,RAG,RAI,RAT,RAV,REG,REI,RET,REV,RIA,RIG,RIT,TAE,TAG,TAI,TAR,TAV,TEA,TEG,TIE,TIG,VAE,VAG,VAR,VAT,VEG,VET,VIA,VIE,VIG,

2-letter words (14 found)

AE,AG,AI,AR,AT,EA,ER,ET,GI,IT,RE,TA,TE,TI,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 151 words from virgate according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of virgate

virgate

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin virgāta, from Old English ġeardland, "yard" compared to "virga" as a measuring rod. Doublet of vergée.

Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): /vɜɹˈɡeɪt/, /ˈvɝɡət/
  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈvɜːɡət/
  • Rhymes: (US) -eɪt

Noun

virgate (plural virgates)

  1. (historical) The yardland: an obsolete English land measure usually comprising 1⁄4 of a hide and notionally equal to 30 acres.
Usage notes

The hide was originally intended to represent the amount of land farmed by a single household but was primarily connected to obligations owed to the Saxon and Norman kings and thus varied greatly from place to place. Around the time of the Domesday Book under the Normans, the hide was usually but not always the land expected to produce £1 (1 Tower pound of sterling silver) in income over the year, meaning the yardland was expected to produce five shillings (3 Tower ounces of sterling silver). In fact, the yardland became associated with its own obligations and thus also varied, in some places being reckoned as 1⁄6 of a hide rather than 1⁄4. Virgate is a later retronym used to distinguish the unit from the yard of 3 feet.

Synonyms
  • yardland, yard, yard of land
Hypernyms
  • (400 virgates) See hundred
  • (4 virgates) See carucate
Hyponyms
  • (1⁄2 virgate & for Scottish divisions): See oxgang
  • (1⁄4 virgate): See nook
  • (1⁄8 virgate): See fardel
  • (various & for further subdivisions): See acre

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Latin virgātus.

Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈvɝɡət/
  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈvɜːɡət/

Adjective

virgate (not comparable)

  1. Rod-shaped: straight, long, and thin, (particularly botany) the habitus of plants with straight, erect branches.
  2. (mycology) Finely striped, often with dark fibers.
Related terms

Anagrams

  • vitrage

Latin

Adjective

virgāte

  1. vocative masculine singular of virgātus

Source: wiktionary.org