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Compensates

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About 3 syllables

verb · 11 letters · Common · third-person singular form of compensate

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

What does compensates mean?

verb

  1. adjust for

    “engineers will work to correct the effects or air resistance”

    Synonymscounterbalancecorrectmake upeven outeven off

  2. make amends for; pay compensation for

    “One can never fully repair the suffering and losses of the Jews in the Third Reich”

    Synonymsrecompenserepairindemnify

  3. make up for shortcomings or a feeling of inferiority by exaggerating good qualities

    “he is compensating for being a bad father”

    Synonymscoverovercompensate

  4. make reparations or amends for

    “right a wrongs done to the victims of the Holocaust”

    Synonymsrightredresscorrect

  5. do or give something to somebody in return

    “Does she pay you for the work you are doing?”

    Synonymspaypay offmake up

  6. make payment to; compensate

    “My efforts were not remunerated”

    Synonymsrecompenseremunerate

Definitions shown for compensate, the base form of compensates.

Is COMPENSATES 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 COMPENSATES worth?

Scrabble

17 pts
c 3o 1m 3p 3e 1n 1s 1a 1t 1e 1s 1

Words With Friends

21 pts
c 4o 1m 4p 4e 1n 2s 1a 1t 1e 1s 1

Wordfeud

19 pts
c 4o 1m 3p 4e 1n 1s 1a 1t 1e 1s 1

NYT Crossplay

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

Words from the letters in COMPENSATES

Words that end like COMPENSATES

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

complicatesdedicatesgeneratesindicatesirritatesisolatesoperatescoordinatesillustratescalculatescandidatescelebratescirculatesconcentratescontemplatesdemonstratesdesignatesdevastatesduplicatesfascinatesintegratesorientatesstimulatesterminates
All words ending in -ATES

Compensates: quick answers

Is COMPENSATES a valid Scrabble word?
Yes. COMPENSATES is accepted in both the North American (NWL) and the international Collins Scrabble word lists, and scores 17 points before board bonuses.
How many points is COMPENSATES worth?
COMPENSATES scores 17 points in Scrabble, 21 in Words With Friends, 19 in Wordfeud and 17 in NYT Crossplay. These are plain tile totals, before any double- or triple-letter and word squares.
What does compensates mean?
compensates is the third-person singular form of compensate, which means “adjust for”. It has 6 meanings in total, listed above.
What words can you make with the letters in COMPENSATES?
You can make 1102 shorter words from COMPENSATES, such as COMPENSATE, SCAPEMENTS, COPEMATES, ENCOMPASS. See the full list.