cogitate

Verb

Verb Forms: cogitated, cogitating, cogitates

To think deeply and carefully about something; to ponder.
consider carefully and deeply; reflect upon; turn over in one's mind
use or exercise the mind or one's power of reason in order to make inferences, decisions, or arrive at a solution or judgments
To meditate, to ponder, to think deeply.
To consider, to devise.

Examples

Before playing her final word, she would COGITATE over every possible combination on her rack.

Origin / Etymology

First attested in 1570; borrowed from Latin cōgitātus, perfect passive participle of cōgitō (“to think”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix).

Synonyms

cerebrate, think

Scrabble Score: 11

cogitate: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
cogitate: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
cogitate: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 13

cogitate: valid Words With Friends Word