cremate
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 11
- Words With Friends
- 13
- Letters
- 7
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Definition of cremate
2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
verb
- (transitive)To burn something to ashes.
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verb
- (transitive)To burn something to ashes.
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(transitive)To incinerate a dead body (as an alternative to burial).
“I want to be cremated when I die.”
““You didn’t bury Dad. You burned him.” “We cremated him, Benny. For humans, the word is cremated. And we chose to do that because that’s what they do in Japan.””
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Etymology
First attested in 1889; borrowed from Latin cremātus, perfect passive participle of cremō (“to burn to ashes; to cremate”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix).
Words you can make from cremate
113 playable · top: AMERCE (10 pts)
Best play amerce 10 points6-letter words
7 words5-letter words
24 words4-letter words
35 words- ACME 8 pts
- CAME 8 pts
- CRAM 8 pts
- MACE 8 pts
- MARC 8 pts
- MERC 8 pts
- ACRE 6 pts
- CARE 6 pts
- CART 6 pts
- CATE 6 pts
- CERE 6 pts
- CERT 6 pts
- CETE 6 pts
- MARE 6 pts
- MART 6 pts
- MATE 6 pts
- MEAT 6 pts
- MEET 6 pts
- MERE 6 pts
- META 6 pts
- METE 6 pts
- RACE 6 pts
- REAM 6 pts
- TACE 6 pts
- TAME 6 pts
- TEAM 6 pts
- TEEM 6 pts
- TERM 6 pts
- TRAM 6 pts
- TREM 6 pts
- RATE 4 pts
- RETE 4 pts
- TARE 4 pts
- TEAR 4 pts
- TREE 4 pts
3-letter words
34 words- CAM 7 pts
- MAC 7 pts
- ACE 5 pts
- ACT 5 pts
- ARC 5 pts
- ARM 5 pts
- CAR 5 pts
- CAT 5 pts
- CEE 5 pts
- EME 5 pts
- MAE 5 pts
- MAR 5 pts
- MAT 5 pts
- MET 5 pts
- RAM 5 pts
- REC 5 pts
- REM 5 pts
- TAM 5 pts
- TEC 5 pts
- ARE 3 pts
- ART 3 pts
- ATE 3 pts
- EAR 3 pts
- EAT 3 pts
- ERA 3 pts
- ERE 3 pts
- ETA 3 pts
- RAT 3 pts
- REE 3 pts
- RET 3 pts
- TAE 3 pts
- TAR 3 pts
- TEA 3 pts
- TEE 3 pts
2-letter words
12 wordsHooks
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