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emarginate

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Is emarginate a Scrabble word?

Yes, emarginate is a valid Scrabble word! Worth 13 points in Scrabble.

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

What is the meaning of emarginate?

Definition

adj (English)

1. (botany, of leaves) With the outline of the margin more or less concave in places, usually at the apex.

2. (botany, mycology) Having roughly the same height or width for most of its length, becoming much shallower or narrower before reaching the attachment point.Examples: "In this group of mushrooms, the attachment of the gills to the stipe is emarginate."

3. (zoology, anatomy) Having a margin that has concave edges as though with parts removed or notched.Examples: "1840 Georges Cuvier Cuvier's Animal kingdom (intranslation). In the Haliotus, Lam, the shell is perforated along the side of the columella with a series of holes; and when the last hole remains incomplete, the shell has the appearance of beiing emarginate."

4. (mineralogy) Of a crystal: having edges or corners of the primitive form beveled, crossed by a face.

verb (English)

1. (transitive) To take away the margin of.Examples: "The radius resembles that of Nesodon in form, but is proportionately shorter and stouter; the distal end is especially massive and the scaphoid facet emarginates the dorsal border more deeply and in a more conspicuous way."; "a radial depression extends from the beak to the anterior ventral margin, which it slightly emarginates;"; "At most, the groove emarginates only one-third the distal surface of the femur."transitive

2. (intransitive) To lose the margin.Examples: "The palate in Leptictis emarginates between M's."; "This membrane emarginates at intervals, forming pits."; "The body shape is mostly circular in stage 1, then becomes elongated, and the hindbody emarginates at later stages."intransitive

Definition source: Wiktionary

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

How many Scrabble points is the word "emarginate"?

Scrabble
13 points
E1
M3
A1
R1
G2
I1
N1
A1
T1
E1
Words With Friends
16 points
E1
M4
A1
R1
G3
I1
N2
A1
T1
E1

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