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Terminates

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About 3 syllables

verb · 10 letters · Very common · third-person singular form of terminate

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

What does terminates mean?

verb

  1. bring to an end or halt

    “She ended their friendship when she found out that he had once been convicted of a crime”

    Synonymsend

  2. have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical

    “the bronchioles terminate in a capillary bed”

    Synonymsendstopfinishcease

  3. be the end of; be the last or concluding part of

    “This sad scene ended the movie”

    Synonymsend

  4. terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position

    “The boss fired his secretary today”

    Synonymsdisplacefiregive noticecandismiss

Definitions shown for terminate, the base form of terminates.

Is TERMINATES 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 TERMINATES worth?

Scrabble

12 pts
t 1e 1r 1m 3i 1n 1a 1t 1e 1s 1

Words With Friends

14 pts
t 1e 1r 1m 4i 1n 2a 1t 1e 1s 1

Wordfeud

12 pts
t 1e 1r 1m 3i 1n 1a 1t 1e 1s 1

NYT Crossplay

12 pts
t 1e 1r 1m 3i 1n 1a 1t 1e 1s 1

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

Words from the letters in TERMINATES

Anagrams 2

martensitemisentreat

Words that end like TERMINATES

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.

complicatesdedicatesgeneratesindicatesirritatesisolatesoperatescalculatescandidatescelebratescirculatesdesignatesdevastatesduplicatesfascinatesintegratesorientatesstimulatesactivatesadvocatesallocatesautomatescoordinatesdominates
All words ending in -ATES

Terminates: quick answers

Is TERMINATES a valid Scrabble word?
Yes. TERMINATES is accepted in both the North American (NWL) and the international Collins Scrabble word lists, and scores 12 points before board bonuses.
How many points is TERMINATES worth?
TERMINATES scores 12 points in Scrabble, 14 in Words With Friends, 12 in Wordfeud and 12 in NYT Crossplay. These are plain tile totals, before any double- or triple-letter and word squares.
What does terminates mean?
terminates is the third-person singular form of terminate, which means “bring to an end or halt”. It has 4 meanings in total, listed above.
What words can you make with the letters in TERMINATES?
You can make 1097 shorter words from TERMINATES, such as ANTIMERES, ESTAMINET, INTERMATS, MARTINETS. See the full list.
What are the anagrams of TERMINATES?
TERMINATES rearranges into MARTENSITE, MISENTREAT.