DEVICE is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. DEVICE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept DEVICE?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 38 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DEVICE is to know. It scores 12 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DEVICE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
devicesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How DEVICE scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in DEVICE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 1 | 4 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| v | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 125,426.
What does DEVICE mean in Scrabble?
noun
An object or piece of equipment made for one particular job.
In everyday speech a device is most often something small and mechanical or electronic, such as a phone, a timer or a sensor. The word is also used for a clever trick or plan, as in a plot device in a story, and in heraldry it names the emblem on a shield or banner. It comes through Old French from the Latin verb for dividing, which hints at its early sense of something arranged or contrived.
How DEVICE is used
Very common in technical and everyday English; in writing it also carries the figurative sense of a planned trick or a literary technique.
- The device on her wrist counts every step she takes.
- He kept the old device in a drawer long after it stopped working.
- A flashback is a device that lets a novelist show the past.
- Which device did you use to record the interview?
- The knight carried a lion as the device on his shield.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DEVICE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with DEVICE
2 longer words begin with DEVICE.
Shorter words from the letters in DEVICE
Common questions about DEVICE
- Is DEVICE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DEVICE, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DEVICE worth?
- DEVICE is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DEVICE mean?
- An object or piece of equipment made for one particular job.
- What letters can be added to DEVICE?
- DEVICE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of DEVICE:
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