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ELONGATES

9 letters, 10 points in Scrabble, 4 vowels

What ELONGATES Means

ELONGATES is a form of ELONGATE, which means:

  1. adjective: (of a leaf shape) long and narrow
  2. adjective: having notably more length than width; being long and slender“an elongate tail tapering to a point”
  3. verb: make long or longer by pulling and stretching“stretch the fabric”

Similar words

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

ELONGATES is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 10 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as E1 L1 O1 N1 G2 A1 T1 E1 S1.

Words Made From The Letters In ELONGATES

589 shorter words come out of these tiles. On a board that matters more than the long play, because a short word on a premium square often beats a long one on plain squares.

8 letter words (4)

7 letter words (30)

6 letter words (76)

5 letter words (164)

4 letter words (193)

3 letter words (96)

2 letter words (26)

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