osculate
VERB
/ɑskjə,leɪt/
8 LETTERS · 3 SYLLABLES · STARTS WITH O
osculate is a valid 8-letter word worth 10 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
SCRABBLE
WORDS WITH FRIENDS
O1S1C3U1L1A1T1E1
1 + 1 + 3 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 =10 PTS
DOUBLE WORD → 20TRIPLE WORD → 30
MEANING
What does osculate mean?
VERB · 3 SENSES
1
Touch with the lips or press the lips (against someone's mouth or other body part) as an expression of love, greeting, etc.
SYNONYMS
BROADER
NARROWER
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2
Be intermediate between two taxonomic groups.
“These species osculate”
BROADER
3
Have at least three points in common with.
“one curve osculates the other”
“these two surfaces osculate”
BROADER
RELATED
AT THE BOARD
Anagrams of osculate
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