decrepitate

Verb

undergo decrepitation and crackle
- "The salt decrepitated"
to roast or calcine so as to cause to crackle or until crackling stops
- "decrepitate salts"
To roast (a salt or mineral) until it stops crackling in the fire.
Of salts and minerals, to crackle when heated, indicating a sudden breakdown of their particles.

Origin / Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin dēcrepitātus, perfect passive participle of dēcrepitō (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from Latin dē- + crepitō.

Scrabble Score: 16

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

Words With Friends Score: 18

decrepitate: valid Words With Friends Word