What MACULATE Means
- verb: make dirty or spotty, as by exposure to air; also used metaphorically“The silver was tarnished by the long exposure to the air”
- verb: spot, stain, or pollute“The townspeople defiled the river by emptying raw sewage into it”
- adjective: morally blemished; stained or impure
- adjective: spotted or blotched
Similar words
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
MACULATE is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 12 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as M3 A1 C3 U1 L1 A1 T1 E1.
Words Made From The Letters In MACULATE
169 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.
7 letter words (2)
6 letter words (17)
ACETALACETUMACTUALACUATEALMUCEAMULETCAMLETCAUTELLACTAMMACULAMACULEMALATEMEATALMUCATEMULETATALCUMTAMALE
5 letter words (21)
ACETAACUTEALATEAMATEAMAUTCAMELCLAMECLAUTCLEATCULETECLATLACETLUTEAMACLEMETALMULCTTALEATALMATAMALULAMAULEMA
4 letter words (60)
ACMEACTAALAEALECALMAALMEALUMAMLAATMAATUAAULACALMCAMACAMECATECAULCAUMCELTCLAMCLATCLEMCLUECULMCULTCUTELACELAMALAMELATELATULEAMLEATLUCELUMALUTEMACEMALAMALEMALTMATEMAULMAUTMEALMEATMELAMELTMETAMULEMUTETAALTACETAELTALATALCTALETAMETEALTEAMTELATULE
3 letter words (52)
AALACEACTALAALEALTALUAMAAMEAMUATEAUAAUECAACAMCATCELCUECUTEATEAUECUELMELTEMUETALACLAMLATLEALETLEULUMMAAMACMAEMALMATMELMETMEUMUTTAETAMTAUTEATECTELTUMULEUTAUTE
2 letter words (17)
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