degenerate

1. Biology Having lost one or more highly developed functions, characteristics, or structures through evolution: a degenerate life form.

2. Genetics Having more than one codon that may code for the same amino acid.

3. Having declined, as in function or nature, from a former or original state: a degenerate form of an ancient folk art.

4. Having fallen to an inferior or undesirable state, especially in mental or moral qualities.

5. Medicine Characterized by degeneration, as of tissue, a cell, or an organ.

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1. A depraved, corrupt, or vicious person.

2. A person lacking or having progressively lost normative biological or psychological characteristics.

3. one that is degenerate as.

4. One degraded from the normal moral standard.

5. A sexual pervert.

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1. To pass from a higher to a lower type or condition .

2. To sink into a low intellectual or moral state.

3. To decline in quality .

4. To decline from a condition or from the standards of a species, race, or breed.

5. To evolve or develop into a less autonomous or less functionally active form .

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1. To decline in quality: The quality of his writing degenerated as he continued to drink.

2. To fall below a normal or desirable state, especially functionally or morally; deteriorate: old water pipes that are degenerating with age; a dispute that degenerated into a brawl.

3. To undergo degeneration.

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Top Words by points	Points	Word Game
degenerate	12	Scrabble

2 Letters	Scrabble® Points
ad	3
ae	2
ag	3
an	2
ar	2
at	2
da	3
de	3
ed	3
en	2
er	2
et	2
na	2
ne	2
re	2
ta	2
te	2

3 Letters	Scrabble® Points
age	4
and	4
ane	3
ant	3
are	3
art	3
ate	3
dag	5
dan	4
dee	4
den	4
ear	3
eat	3
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era	3
ere	3
erg	4
ern	3
eta	3
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rat	3
red	4
ree	3
reg	4
ret	3
tad	4
tae	3
tag	4
tan	3
tar	3
tea	3
ted	4
tee	3
teg	4
ten	3

4 Letters	Scrabble® Points
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agee	5
ager	5
ante	4
areg	5
dang	6
dare	5
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date	5
dean	5
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dene	5
dent	5
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eger	5
erne	4
etna	4
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gate	5
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geed	6
gene	5
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near	4
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need	5
nerd	5
rage	5
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rant	4
rate	4
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rent	4
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teed	5
teen	4
tend	5
tern	4
trad	5
tree	4
nare	4

5 Letters	Scrabble® Points
agene	6
agent	6
agree	6
anger	6
anted	6
antre	5
arene	5
arete	5
dater	6
denar	6
derat	6
deter	6
eager	6
eagre	6
eared	6
eaten	5
eater	5
edger	7
egret	6
enate	5
ender	6
enter	5
gated	7
gater	6
genet	6
genre	6
grade	7
grand	7
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greed	7
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ragee	6
ranee	5
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retag	6
tared	6
targe	6
tenge	6
terga	6
terne	5
trade	6
tread	6
treed	6
treen	5
trend	6

6 Letters	Scrabble® Points
agreed	8
anteed	7
ardent	7
argent	7
danger	8
degree	8
derate	7
dragee	8
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eterne	6
gander	8
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gender	8
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ranged	8
ranted	7
redate	7
regent	7
renege	7
rented	7
retene	6
tanged	8
teared	7
teener	6
tender	7

7 Letters	Scrabble® Points
agented	9
angered	9
derange	9
deterge	9
dragnet	9
enraged	9
entered	8
etagere	8
grandee	9
granted	9
grantee	8
greaten	8
greened	9
greeted	9
grenade	9
negated	9
negater	8
reagent	8
reneged	9
teenage	8
agender	9

8 Letters	Scrabble® Points
generate	9
renegade	10
teenaged	10
teenager	9

9 Letters	Scrabble® Points
generated	11
greatened	11

10 Letters	Scrabble® Points
degenerate	12