destinate

Not valid in Scrabble

It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.

Scrabble points
10
Words With Friends
11
Letters
9

Definition of destinate

5 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

verb

  1. (nonstandard, possibly, rare)To destine, to choose.
See all 5 definitions

verb

  1. (nonstandard, possibly, rare)To destine, to choose.
  2. (nonstandard, possibly, rare)To set a destination for (something), to send (something) to a particular destination.
    “Now days, it can probably be done with a programming setup in the originating/destinating switches, and not involve a full time channel.”
  3. (nonstandard, possibly, rare)To be scheduled to arrive at, as a destination.
    “Prices for a mail piece weighing up to a half-pound range from $12.60 if it destinates in zones 1 and 2 to $19.50 if it destinates in zone 8.”

adj

  1. (nonstandard, obsolete, possibly, rare)Determined, destined.
  2. (nonstandard, obsolete, possibly, rare)Destined, destinated; ordained, fated.
    “But because Christe dwelleth in you (as he doth by faithe) therfore stirreth he vp his first begoten sonne, the world, to seke how to disquiet you, to robbe you, to spoile you, to destroy you: and perchance your deare father, to trye and to make knowen vnto you, and to þe world, that ye are destinate to an other dwellyng then here on earthe, to an other citye then mannes eyes hath sene at any tyme: […]”

Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

Etymology

The adjective is first attested in the first part of the 15th century, the verb in 1490, both in Middle English; borrowed from Latin dēstinātus, perfect passive participle of dēstinō, see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) and -ate (verb-forming suffix); doublet of destine. Computing/postal use by analogy with originate. Participial usage of the adjective up until Early Modern English.

Anagrams of destinate

2 plays · some not in Scrabble

Best play tetanised 10 points

Words you can make from destinate

200+ playable · top: TETANISED (10 pts)

Best play tetanised 10 points

8-letter words

8 words

7-letter words

27 words

6-letter words

46 words

5-letter words

86 words

4-letter words

32 words

Find your best play with destinate

See every word you can make from a set of letters that includes destinate, or browse word lists you can mine for high-scoring plays.