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Desiccates

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About 3 syllables

verb · 10 letters · Less common · third-person singular form of desiccate

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

What does desiccates mean?

verb

  1. preserve by removing all water and liquids from

    “carry dehydrated food on your camping trip”

    Synonymsdehydrate

  2. remove water from

    “All this exercise and sweating has dehydrated me”

    Synonymsdehydrate

  3. lose water or moisture

    “In the desert, you get dehydrated very quickly”

    Synonymsexsiccatedehydratedry up

Definitions shown for desiccate, the base form of desiccates.

Is DESICCATES 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 DESICCATES worth?

Scrabble

15 pts
d 2e 1s 1i 1c 3c 3a 1t 1e 1s 1

Words With Friends

17 pts
d 2e 1s 1i 1c 4c 4a 1t 1e 1s 1

Wordfeud

17 pts
d 2e 1s 1i 1c 4c 4a 1t 1e 1s 1

NYT Crossplay

15 pts
d 2e 1s 1i 1c 3c 3a 1t 1e 1s 1

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

Words from the letters in DESICCATES

Words that end like DESICCATES

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.

complicatesdedicatesgeneratesindicatesirritatesisolatesoperatescalculatescandidatescelebratescirculatesdesignatesdevastatesduplicatesfascinatesintegratesorientatesstimulatesterminatesactivatesadvocatesallocatesautomatescoordinates
All words ending in -ATES

Desiccates: quick answers

Is DESICCATES a valid Scrabble word?
Yes. DESICCATES is accepted in both the North American (NWL) and the international Collins Scrabble word lists, and scores 15 points before board bonuses.
How many points is DESICCATES worth?
DESICCATES scores 15 points in Scrabble, 17 in Words With Friends, 17 in Wordfeud and 15 in NYT Crossplay. These are plain tile totals, before any double- or triple-letter and word squares.
What does desiccates mean?
desiccates is the third-person singular form of desiccate, which means “preserve by removing all water and liquids from”. It has 3 meanings in total, listed above.
What words can you make with the letters in DESICCATES?
You can make 378 shorter words from DESICCATES, such as DESICCATE, ACCESSED, ACCEDES, ACCITED. See the full list.