Populate

Meaning

1. (verb) To supply with inhabitants; to people.
2. (verb) To live in; to inhabit.
3. (verb) To increase in number; to breed.
4. (verb) To fill initially empty items in a collection. “Clicking the refresh button will populate the grid.”
5. (verb) To fill initially empty slots or sockets on a circuit board or similar.
6. (adjective) Populous

Letter breakdown

• Populate contains 8 letters: 4 vowel(s) and 4 consonant(s).
• It uses 7 unique letters.
• Estimated syllable count: 3.
• Scrabble-style letter score: 12.

Words from these letters

• laptop
• topple
• apple
• leapt
• letup
• petal
• plate
• pleat
• pupae
• pupal
• taupe
• aloe
• alto
• atop
• auto
• late
• leap
• lept
• lope
• lout
• lute
• opal
• pale
• pate
• peal
• peat
• pelt
• plea
• plop
• plot
• poet
• pole
• pope
• pout
• pulp
• pupa
• tale
• tape
• teal
• ale
• alt
• ape
• app
• apt
• ate
• eat
• eta
• lap
• lat
• lea
• let
• lop
• lot
• oat
• opt
• out
• pal
• pap
• pat

Connected words

Other 8-letter words

• aardvark
• abacuses
• abalones
• abandons
• abashing
• abattoir
• abbesses
• abdicate
• abdomens
• abducted
• abductee
• abductor
• aberrant
• abetters
• abetting
• abettors
• abeyance
• abhorred

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Words starting with POP

• pop
• popcorn
• pope
• popes
• popgun
• popguns
• popinjay
• popinjays
• poplar
• poplars
• poplin
• popover
• popovers
• poppa
• poppas
• popped
• poppies
• popping

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Words ending with ATE

• abate
• abbreviate
• abdicate
• abnegate
• abominate
• abrogate
• accelerate
• accentuate
• acclimate
• accommodate
• accumulate
• accurate
• acetate
• activate
• actuate
• adequate
• adjudicate
• administrate

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