illustrate: meaning and words from its letters
10 letters · 10 letter points · starts with I · ends with E
Meaning of illustrate
verb
- figuratively
To clarify something by giving, or serving as, an example or a comparison.
Example: We illustrate our definitions by including quotations or simple examples.
To provide a book or other publication with pictures, diagrams or other explanatory or decorative features.
Example: The economics textbook was illustrated with many graphs.
- obsolete
To shed light upon.
- obsolete
To give renown or honour to; to make illustrious.
Listed forms: illustrates, illustrating, illustrated.
Source: Wiktionary — illustrate.
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Synonyms by meaning
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verb
clarify by giving an example of
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is illustrate in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of illustrate
I(1) + L(1) + L(1) + U(1) + S(1) + T(1) + R(1) + A(1) + T(1) + E(1) = 10 points.
This is a sum of letter values without board bonuses or word multipliers. A blank tile is worth zero: subtract the value of each letter supplied by a blank. The score does not establish game validity. Full letter-value table.
Anagrams of illustrate
0 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
No other single-word anagram was found in our standard list.
Shorter words from illustrate
461 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in illustrate. Showing up to 24, longest first.