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Appropriates

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About 4 syllables

verb · 12 letters · Common · third-person singular form of appropriate

  • Scrabble US & Canada : valid
  • Scrabble UK & worldwide : valid
  • Words With Friends : valid
  • Wordle : not valid

What does appropriates mean?

verb

  1. give or assign a resource to a particular person or cause

    “I will earmark this money for your research”

    Synonymsallowearmarkset asidereserve

  2. take possession of by force, as after an invasion

    “the invaders seized the land and property of the inhabitants”

    Synonymscaptureseizeconquer

Definitions shown for appropriate, the base form of appropriates.

Is APPROPRIATES a valid word?

Game / word listValid?
Scrabble US & Canada (NWL / TWL) Yes
Scrabble UK & worldwide (Collins / SOWPODS) Yes
Words With Friends (ENABLE) Yes
Wordle (guess list) No

How many points is APPROPRIATES worth?

Scrabble

18 pts
a 1p 3p 3r 1o 1p 3r 1i 1a 1t 1e 1s 1

Words With Friends

21 pts
a 1p 4p 4r 1o 1p 4r 1i 1a 1t 1e 1s 1

Wordfeud

21 pts
a 1p 4p 4r 1o 1p 4r 1i 1a 1t 1e 1s 1

NYT Crossplay

18 pts
a 1p 3p 3r 1o 1p 3r 1i 1a 1t 1e 1s 1

Scores are the sum of the tile values, before premium squares or bingo bonuses.

Words from the letters in APPROPRIATES

Words that end like APPROPRIATES

Common words that share the ending -IATES, handy for rhymes, poems and wordplay. Matches are based on spelling, so a few may not rhyme exactly.

abbreviatesconciliatesexpatriatesrepatriatesaffiliatesalleviatesdifferentiateshumiliatesinfuriatesirradiatesluxuriatesrepudiatesretaliatesappreciatesassociatesnegotiatesinitiatesasphyxiatesdepreciatesdissociatesingratiatesintermediatessubstantiatesenunciates
All words ending in -IATES

Appropriates: quick answers

Is APPROPRIATES a valid Scrabble word?
Yes. APPROPRIATES is accepted in both the North American (NWL) and the international Collins Scrabble word lists, and scores 18 points before board bonuses.
How many points is APPROPRIATES worth?
APPROPRIATES scores 18 points in Scrabble, 21 in Words With Friends, 21 in Wordfeud and 18 in NYT Crossplay. These are plain tile totals, before any double- or triple-letter and word squares.
What does appropriates mean?
appropriates is the third-person singular form of appropriate, which means “give or assign a resource to a particular person or cause”. It has 2 meanings in total, listed above.
What words can you make with the letters in APPROPRIATES?
You can make 984 shorter words from APPROPRIATES, such as APPROPRIATE, APPARITORS, PAPPIEST, PITPROPS. See the full list.