cremate

Meanings

Verb

reduce to ashes
- "Cremate a corpse"
To burn something to ashes.
To incinerate a dead body (as an alternative to burial).

Origin / Etymology

First attested in 1889; borrowed from Latin cremātus, perfect passive participle of cremō (“to burn to ashes; to cremate”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix).

Scrabble Score: 11

cremate is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
cremate is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
cremate is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 13

cremate is a valid Words With Friends word