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Exhilerate or exhilarate?

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Correct spelling: exhilarate. Misspelling: exhilerate.

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Memory tip

It has a silent H and contains "hilar", as in hilarious: ex-HILAR-ate.

Why people write “exhilerate”

The misspelling “exhilerate” is only one letter off: it writes E where exhilarate has A, an easy slip because in an unstressed syllable both vowels can sound like the same soft "uh".

Spell-checkers catch the mistake in a document, but not in a handwritten note, a text message or a word game. Writing the word out a few times while saying the tricky part aloud is the quickest way to make exhilarate automatic.

What does “exhilarate” mean?

exhilarate verb

  1. fill with sublime emotion

    “The children were thrilled at the prospect of going to the movies”

    Synonyms:inebriatethrillexaltbeatify

Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Full dictionary entry

“Exhilarate” in a sentence

  • Fast rides exhilarate some people and terrify others.
  • The children were thrilled at the prospect of going to the movies.

Is “exhilarate” a playable word?

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20 points in Scrabble · 20 in Words With Friends

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“exhilerate” is not accepted in any of these games. See every word you can make from EXHILARATE.

Exhilarate: quick answers

Is it exhilerate or exhilarate?
The correct spelling is exhilarate. “exhilerate” is a misspelling: it does not appear in standard dictionaries or in the Scrabble and Words With Friends word lists.
How can I remember how to spell exhilarate?
It has a silent H and contains "hilar", as in hilarious: ex-HILAR-ate.
What does exhilarate mean?
Exhilarate means: fill with sublime emotion.