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Is vitiate a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word vitiate is a Scrabble US word. The word vitiate is worth 10 points in Scrabble:

V4I1T1I1A1T1E1

Is vitiate a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word vitiate is a Scrabble UK word and has 10 points:

V4I1T1I1A1T1E1

Is vitiate a Words With Friends word?

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

V5I1T1I1A1T1E1

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7-letter words (1 found)

VITIATE,

6-letter words (1 found)

VITTAE,

5-letter words (3 found)

TATIE,VITAE,VITTA,

4-letter words (9 found)

ETAT,TAIT,TATE,TEAT,TITE,TITI,VIAE,VITA,VITE,

3-letter words (20 found)

AIT,ATE,ATT,AVE,EAT,ETA,ITA,TAE,TAI,TAT,TAV,TEA,TET,TIE,TIT,VAE,VAT,VET,VIA,VIE,

2-letter words (9 found)

AE,AI,AT,EA,ET,IT,TA,TE,TI,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 44 words from vitiate according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of vitiate

vitiate

Alternative forms

  • viciate

Etymology

From Latin vitiātus, the perfect passive participle of vitiō (“damage, spoil”), from vitium (“vice”).

Pronunciation

  • (UK, General American) IPA(key): /ˈvɪʃ.i.eɪt/

Verb

vitiate (third-person singular simple present vitiates, present participle vitiating, simple past and past participle vitiated)

  1. (transitive) To spoil, make faulty; to reduce the value, quality, or effectiveness of something.
  2. (transitive) To debase or morally corrupt.
  3. (transitive, archaic) To violate, to rape.
  4. (transitive) To make something ineffective, to invalidate.

Related terms

  • See vice

Translations

References

Further reading

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

Latin

Verb

vitiāte

  1. second-person plural present active imperative of vitiō

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