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Excavated

e 1x 8c 3a 1v 4a 1t 1e 1d 2

About 4 syllables

verb · 9 letters · Common · past tense of excavate

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

What does excavated mean?

verb

  1. recover through digging

    “Schliemann excavated Troy”

    Synonymsunearth

  2. find by digging in the ground

    “I dug up an old box in the garden”

    Synonymsdig upturn up

  3. form by hollowing

    “Carnegie had a lake excavated for Princeton University's rowing team”

  4. remove the inner part or the core of

    “the mining company wants to excavate the hillside”

    Synonymsdighollow

Definitions shown for excavate, the base form of excavated.

Is EXCAVATED 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 EXCAVATED worth?

Scrabble

22 pts
e 1x 8c 3a 1v 4a 1t 1e 1d 2

Words With Friends

24 pts
e 1x 8c 4a 1v 5a 1t 1e 1d 2

Wordfeud

23 pts
e 1x 8c 4a 1v 4a 1t 1e 1d 2

NYT Crossplay

24 pts
e 1x 8c 3a 1v 6a 1t 1e 1d 2

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

Words from the letters in EXCAVATED

Words that end like EXCAVATED

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

dedicatedgeneratedirritatedisolatedoperatedcomplicatedactivatedadvocatedallocatedautomateddominatedestimatedindicatedmotivatednominatedpopulatedseparatedsimulatedtoleratedunrelatedcalculatedcelebratedcirculateddesignated
All words ending in -ATED

Excavated: quick answers

Is EXCAVATED a valid Scrabble word?
Yes. EXCAVATED is accepted in both the North American (NWL) and the international Collins Scrabble word lists, and scores 22 points before board bonuses.
How many points is EXCAVATED worth?
EXCAVATED scores 22 points in Scrabble, 24 in Words With Friends, 23 in Wordfeud and 24 in NYT Crossplay. These are plain tile totals, before any double- or triple-letter and word squares.
What does excavated mean?
excavated is the past tense of excavate, which means “recover through digging”. It has 4 meanings in total, listed above.
What words can you make with the letters in EXCAVATED?
You can make 97 shorter words from EXCAVATED, such as EXCAVATE, EXACTED, VEXED, EXACTA. See the full list.