simulate

Verb

Verb Forms: simulated, simulating, simulates

To imitate the appearance or characteristics of something.
reproduce someone's behavior or looks
create a representation or model of
make a pretence of
To model, replicate, duplicate the behavior, appearance or properties of.

Adj

Feigned; pretended.

Examples

In a practice game, he would simulate challenging Words With Friends scenarios to improve.
This video game simulates a pinball machine.
We will use a smoke machine to simulate the fog you will actually encounter.

Origin / Etymology

First attested in 1652; Borrowed from Latin simulātus, perfect passive participle of simulō (“make like, imitate, copy, represent, feign”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from similis (“like”). See similar.

Synonyms

assume, copy, feign, imitate, model, sham

Scrabble Score: 10

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

Words With Friends Score: 13

simulate: valid Words With Friends Word