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contaminate

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Is contaminate a Scrabble word?

Yes, contaminate is a valid Scrabble word! Worth 15 points in Scrabble.

Word Games

  • Scrabble US/Canada (OTCWL) Yes
  • Scrabble UK (SOWPODS) Yes
  • Wordle No
  • Words With Friends Yes

What is the meaning of contaminate?

Definition

verb (English)

1. (transitive) To make something dangerous or toxic by introducing impurities or foreign matter.Examples: "This water is contaminated. It isn't safe to drink."transitive

2. (transitive) To soil, stain, corrupt, or infect by contact or association.Examples: "Shall we now Contaminate our figures with base bribes?"; "I would neither have simplicity imposed upon, nor virtue contaminated."; "[Martin] Heidegger's repellent political beliefs do not contaminate his philosophical work."transitive

3. (transitive) To make unfit for use by the introduction of unwholesome or undesirable elements.Examples: "Do not contaminate the peanut butter with the jelly."transitive

4. (transitive) To infect, usually of a deadly virus.transitive

adj (English)

1. (used as a participle) Contaminated.Examples: "And that this body conſecrate to thee, By Ruffian Luſt ſhould be contaminate!"obsolete

2. (figuratively) Dirty, sinful, wicked, gross, etc.figurativelyobsolete

Definition source: Wiktionary

What Scrabble words can I make with the letters in "contaminate"?

How many Scrabble points is the word "contaminate"?

Scrabble
15 points
C3
O1
N1
T1
A1
M3
I1
N1
A1
T1
E1
Words With Friends
19 points
C4
O1
N2
T1
A1
M4
I1
N2
A1
T1
E1

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