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Definition of designate

"designate" in the verb sense

1. designate, denominate

assign a name or title to

2. delegate, designate, depute, assign

give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person)

3. indicate, point, designate, show

indicate a place, direction, person, or thing either spatially or figuratively

"I showed the customer the glove section"

"He pointed to the empty parking space"

"he indicated his opponents"

4. destine, fate, doom, designate

decree or designate beforehand

"She was destined to become a great pianist"

5. intend, destine, designate, specify

design or destine

"She was intended to become the director"

"designate" in the adjective sense

1. designate

appointed but not yet installed in office

Source: WordNet® (An amazing lexical database of English)

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designate in Scrabble®

The word designate 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: 11

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays In The Letters designate:

DESIGNATE

(108)

DESIGNATE

(108)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (14 words)

aniseed, destain, destine, detains, edgiest, instead, negated, negates, sainted, seating, seeding, stained, standee, teasing

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DESIGNATE

(108)

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designate in Words With Friends™

The word designate 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: 13

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

DESIGNATE

(171)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (14 words)

aniseed, destain, destine, detains, edgiest, instead, negated, negates, sainted, seating, seeding, stained, standee, teasing

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DESIGNATE

(171)

DESIGNATE

(102)

NEGATED

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NEGATES

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SEEDING

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Words within the letters of designate

2 letter words in designate (12 words)

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3 letter words in designate (44 words)

ads age aid ais and ant ate dee den die dig din eat end ens eta gad gas gee get gin ide ids ins its nag net nit sad sag sat sea see set sin sit tad tag tan tea tee ten tie tin

4 letter words in designate (81 words)

5 letter words in designate (67 words)

6 letter words in designate (38 words)

7 letter words in designate (14 words)

aniseed destain destine detains edgiest instead negated negates sainted seating seeding stained standee teasing

8 letter words in designate (4 words)

andesite endstage ingested sedating

9 letter words in designate (1 word)

designate

designate + 1 blank (4 words)

denigrates designated designates magnetised

designate + 2 blanks (13 words)

delegations demagnetise denegations desecrating designative detasseling disentangle enigmatised gelatinised mutagenised nearsighted pedestaling redesignate

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Words containing the sequence designate

Words that start with designate (3 words)

designate designated designates

Words with designate in them (7 words)

designate nondesignated predesignated predesignates redesignated redesignates undesignated

Words that end with designate (3 words)

designate predesignate redesignate

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Word Growth involving designate

Shorter words in designate

at ate

sign design

at gnat

Longer words containing designate

designated nondesignated

designated redesignated predesignated

designated undesignated

designates redesignates predesignates

redesignate predesignate predesignated

redesignate predesignate predesignates

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