tunicate
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 10
- Words With Friends
- 13
- Letters
- 8
Definition of tunicate
4 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
noun
- Any of very many chordate marine animals, of the subphyla Tunicata or Urochordata, including the sea squirts.
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noun
- Any of very many chordate marine animals, of the subphyla Tunicata or Urochordata, including the sea squirts.
adj
- (not-comparable)Of or pertaining to Tunicata or Urochordata.
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(not-comparable)Enclosed in a tunic or mantle; covered or coated with layers.
“This tunicate withered hag the Señora had my financial number.”
- (not-comparable)Having each joint buried in the preceding funnel-shaped one, as in certain antennae of insects.
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Etymology
From translingual Tunicata + -ate (noun-forming suffix). Further from Latin tunicātus, perfect passive participle of tunicō (“to clothe with a tunic”).
Words you can make from tunicate
130 playable · top: NICTATE (9 pts)
Best play nictate 9 points7-letter words
2 words6-letter words
12 words5-letter words
24 words4-letter words
35 words- ACNE 6 pts
- CAIN 6 pts
- CANE 6 pts
- CANT 6 pts
- CATE 6 pts
- CENT 6 pts
- CINE 6 pts
- CITE 6 pts
- CUTE 6 pts
- ETIC 6 pts
- NICE 6 pts
- TACE 6 pts
- TACT 6 pts
- UNCI 6 pts
- ANTE 4 pts
- ANTI 4 pts
- AUNT 4 pts
- ETNA 4 pts
- ETUI 4 pts
- NEAT 4 pts
- NETT 4 pts
- NITE 4 pts
- TAIN 4 pts
- TATE 4 pts
- TAUT 4 pts
- TEAT 4 pts
- TEIN 4 pts
- TENT 4 pts
- TIAN 4 pts
- TINE 4 pts
- TINT 4 pts
- TUNA 4 pts
- TUNE 4 pts
- UNAI 4 pts
- UNIT 4 pts
3-letter words
40 words- ACE 5 pts
- ACT 5 pts
- CAN 5 pts
- CAT 5 pts
- CUE 5 pts
- CUT 5 pts
- ECU 5 pts
- ICE 5 pts
- TEC 5 pts
- TIC 5 pts
- AIN 3 pts
- AIT 3 pts
- ANE 3 pts
- ANI 3 pts
- ANT 3 pts
- ATE 3 pts
- ATT 3 pts
- EAT 3 pts
- EAU 3 pts
- ETA 3 pts
- NAE 3 pts
- NET 3 pts
- NIT 3 pts
- NUT 3 pts
- TAE 3 pts
- TAN 3 pts
- TAT 3 pts
- TAU 3 pts
- TEA 3 pts
- TEN 3 pts
- TET 3 pts
- TIE 3 pts
- TIN 3 pts
- TIT 3 pts
- TUI 3 pts
- TUN 3 pts
- TUT 3 pts
- UNI 3 pts
- UTA 3 pts
- UTE 3 pts
2-letter words
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