There are a total of 15 4-letter words containing 'ate', and the number may vary in different dictionaries. You can specify the dictionary and order.

• ates ₄
• bate ₇
• cate ₇
• date ₅
• fate ₇
• gate ₆
• hate ₆
• late ₅
• mate ₇
• pate ₇
• rate ₄
• sate ₄
• tate ₄
• wate ₇
• yate ₇

There are 15 4-letter words containing ate in the well-known word game dictionary, 13 in the Scrabble US (US/Canada/Thailand - TWL/NWL) dictionary, and 15 in the Scrabble UK (International - SOWPODS/CSW) dictionary, and 13 in the Words with Friends (WWF) dictionary.