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gesticulate

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Is gesticulate a Scrabble word?

Yes, gesticulate is a valid Scrabble word! Worth 14 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 gesticulate?

Definition

verb (English)

1. (intransitive) To make gestures or motions, as in speaking.Examples: "A "Haka" is the native dance, answering to the corroboree of the Australian aboriginals, and we were anxious to see it. […] Later in the evening, however, the complaisant Herekiekie entertained a small and select party at a "Haka" in his "whare" or house (pronounced wharry). It was exactly what I expected. The performers, all male, stood in a row, one, slightly advanced, acting as fugleman. They shouted and gesticulated with the most hideous and revolting gestures, grimaces, and yells."; "... groups of dancers were wheeling, plunging, and gesticulating while the ogre, more aphasic than before, mumbled at full strength ..."; "He's delusional, and obsessed with a girl named Claire, and he says such things as: "I know she loves me, she just doesn't know it yet." And he gesticulates wildly, as though he were a fop in the court of Louis XIV."intransitive

2. (transitive) To say or express through gestures.Examples: "[…]the TV programme Friends is influencing not only the way Irish people speak but also how they gesticulate. Now almost every utterance is accompanied by arms outstretched and palms turned upwards.""transitive

Definition source: Wiktionary

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

How many Scrabble points is the word "gesticulate"?

Scrabble
14 points
G2
E1
S1
T1
I1
C3
U1
L1
A1
T1
E1
Words With Friends
18 points
G3
E1
S1
T1
I1
C4
U2
L2
A1
T1
E1

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