emaciate
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 12
- Words With Friends
- 14
- Letters
- 8
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Definition of emaciate
3 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
verb
- (transitive)To make extremely thin or wasted.
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verb
- (transitive)To make extremely thin or wasted.
- (intransitive)To become extremely thin or wasted.
adj
- Emaciated.
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Etymology
Borrowed from Latin ēmaciātus, perfect passive participle of ēmaciō (“to make lean, to cause to waste away”), from ex- (“out”) + maciēs (“leanness”), from macer (“thin”).
Words you can make from emaciate
74 playable · top: EMETIC (10 pts)
Best play emetic 10 points6-letter words
1 word5-letter words
3 words4-letter words
29 words- ACME 8 pts
- CAME 8 pts
- CAMI 8 pts
- EMIC 8 pts
- MACE 8 pts
- MICA 8 pts
- MICE 8 pts
- ACAI 6 pts
- ACTA 6 pts
- AMIA 6 pts
- AMIE 6 pts
- ATMA 6 pts
- CATE 6 pts
- CETE 6 pts
- CITE 6 pts
- EMIT 6 pts
- ETIC 6 pts
- ITEM 6 pts
- MATE 6 pts
- MEAT 6 pts
- MEET 6 pts
- META 6 pts
- METE 6 pts
- MITE 6 pts
- TACE 6 pts
- TAME 6 pts
- TEAM 6 pts
- TEEM 6 pts
- TIME 6 pts
3-letter words
26 words2-letter words
14 wordsHooks
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