Definitions For Dictated

adjective

  • Determined or decided upon as by an authority

verb

  • To speak or read (something) to a person who writes it down or to a machine that records it
  • To say or state (something) with authority or power
  • To make (something) necessary

noun

  • An order or direction given with authority
  • A rule or principle that guides something (such as an activity or a person's behavior)

Is Dictated a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
Scrabble US YES
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary YES

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
12
Words with Friends
13

The word Dictated is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends

Examples of Dictated in a Sentence

  • She's dictating a letter to her secretary.
  • They insisted on being able to dictate the terms of surrender.
  • Tradition dictates that the youngest member should go first.
  • A starchily worded dictate from on high concerning the company's dress code

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