pullulate
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 11
- Words With Friends
- 17
- Letters
- 9
Definition of pullulate
3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
verb
- To multiply rapidly.
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verb
- To multiply rapidly.
- To germinate.
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To teem with; to be filled (with).
“I must say the whole of Oxford has become most peculiar suddenly. Last night it was pullulating with women.”
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin pullulātus, perfect passive participle of pullulō (“sprout forth”), from pullulus (“a young animal, a sprout”), diminutive of pullus.
Words you can make from pullulate
90 playable · top: PALLET (8 pts)
Best play pallet 8 points7-letter words
1 word6-letter words
2 words5-letter words
13 words4-letter words
30 words- LEAP 6 pts
- LEPT 6 pts
- PALE 6 pts
- PALL 6 pts
- PATE 6 pts
- PEAL 6 pts
- PEAT 6 pts
- PELT 6 pts
- PLAT 6 pts
- PLEA 6 pts
- PULA 6 pts
- PULE 6 pts
- PULL 6 pts
- TAPE 6 pts
- TEPA 6 pts
- LALL 4 pts
- LATE 4 pts
- LATU 4 pts
- LEAL 4 pts
- LUAU 4 pts
- LULL 4 pts
- LULU 4 pts
- LUTE 4 pts
- TAEL 4 pts
- TALE 4 pts
- TALL 4 pts
- TEAL 4 pts
- TELA 4 pts
- TELL 4 pts
- TULE 4 pts
3-letter words
31 words- ALP 5 pts
- APE 5 pts
- APT 5 pts
- LAP 5 pts
- PAL 5 pts
- PAT 5 pts
- PEA 5 pts
- PET 5 pts
- PUL 5 pts
- PUT 5 pts
- TAP 5 pts
- TUP 5 pts
- ALE 3 pts
- ALL 3 pts
- ALT 3 pts
- ATE 3 pts
- EAT 3 pts
- EAU 3 pts
- ELL 3 pts
- ETA 3 pts
- LAT 3 pts
- LEA 3 pts
- LET 3 pts
- LEU 3 pts
- TAE 3 pts
- TAU 3 pts
- TEA 3 pts
- TEL 3 pts
- ULU 3 pts
- UTA 3 pts
- UTE 3 pts
2-letter words
12 wordsHooks
2 extensions · 2 back
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