Dentate

7 lettersadjectiverare

Updated June 2026

Definition

Having a toothed or jagged edge with regular tooth-like projections along the margin.

“The botanist noted that the leaf had a distinctly dentate margin with sharp serrations.”

Pronunciation

Syllables

den·tate

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Synonyms

serratedtoothedjaggednotched

Antonyms

smooth entire

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Wordle

Ends in -ATE which is a productive suffix in Wordle, contains double T, four vowels present

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Scrabble

Worth 8 points, the double T is notable, the -ATE ending hooks to many extension tiles

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Shorter words formed from the letters in “dentate”.

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8-letter words you can spell by adding one letter to “dentate”.

attended talented

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