Definition of circulates

"circulates" in the verb sense

1. go around, spread, circulate

become widely known and passed on

"the rumor spread"

"the story went around in the office"

2. circulate, circularize, circularise, distribute, disseminate, propagate, broadcast, spread, diffuse, disperse, pass around

cause to become widely known

"spread information"

"circulate a rumor"

"broadcast the news"

3. circulate, pass around, pass on, distribute

cause to be distributed

"This letter is being circulated among the faculty"

4. circulate

move through a space, circuit or system, returning to the starting point

"Blood circulates in my veins"

"The air here does not circulate"

5. circulate

cause to move in a circuit or system

"The fan circulates the air in the room"

6. circulate

move around freely from person to person or from place to place

"She circulates among royalty"

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Quotations for circulates

Nothing circulates more swiftly than scandal. [ Livy ]

circulates in Scrabble®

The word circulates is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 14

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Play In The Letters circulates:

CIRCULATES
(153)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (52 words)

accites, accrues, accurse, accurst, accuser, arctics, article, ascetic, auricle, calcite, cartels, castile, caustic, cauters, celcius, circles, circlet, clarets, clastic, clerics, cluster, cristae, crucial, crustal, curates, curials, curtail, cuticle, eclairs, elastic, estrual, laciest, lucites, lustier, raciest, realist, recital, recusal, retails, rituals, rutiles, saltier, saluter, saucier, scalier, scarlet, secular, slatier, sluicer, sulcate, uralite, uricase

 

All Scrabble® Plays For The Word circulates

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The 200 Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays For Words Using The Letters In circulates

CIRCULATES
(153)
CIRCULATES
(135)
CIRCULATES
(102)
CELCIUS
(94 = 44 + 50)
ACCURSE
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CALCITE
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CLASTIC
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ACCITES
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CIRCLET
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ARCTICS
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ASCETIC
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CELCIUS
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CUTICLE
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CLERICS
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CUTICLE
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CRUCIAL
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CELCIUS
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(86 = 36 + 50)
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SCARLET
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SULCATE
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SAUCIER
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URICASE
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circulates in Words With Friends™

The word circulates is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 18

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Play In The Letters circulates:

CIRCULATES
(270)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (52 words)

accites, accrues, accurse, accurst, accuser, arctics, article, ascetic, auricle, calcite, cartels, castile, caustic, cauters, celcius, circles, circlet, clarets, clastic, clerics, cluster, cristae, crucial, crustal, curates, curials, curtail, cuticle, eclairs, elastic, estrual, laciest, lucites, lustier, raciest, realist, recital, recusal, retails, rituals, rutiles, saltier, saluter, saucier, scalier, scarlet, secular, slatier, sluicer, sulcate, uralite, uricase

 

All Words With Friends™ Plays For The Word circulates

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The 200 Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays Using The Letters In circulates

CIRCULATES
(270)
CIRCULATES
(216)
CIRCULATES
(156)
CIRCULATES
(120)
CELCIUS
(116 = 81 + 35)
CRUCIAL
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CELCIUS
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ACCURST
(113 = 78 + 35)
CAUSTIC
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CALCITE
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ACCUSER
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SLUICER
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CURIALS
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LUCITES
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ACCURST
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Words within the letters of circulates

2 letter words in circulates (11 words)

9 letter words in circulates (3 words)

10 letter words in circulates (1 word)

Words containing the sequence circulates

Words that start with circulates (1 word)

Words with circulates in them (1 word)

Words that end with circulates (4 words)

Word Growth involving circulates

Shorter words in circulates

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Longer words containing circulates

cocirculates

overcirculates

recirculates