DEAVE is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. DEAVE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept DEAVE?
| 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: 42 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DEAVE is to know. It scores 9 from 5 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 7.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DEAVE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How DEAVE scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in DEAVE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 1 | 4 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| v | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 15,843.
What stands out about DEAVE
- The same 5 tiles also spell 2 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does DEAVE mean in Scrabble?
verb
Scotsdialect
To deafen someone with noise, or to annoy someone by talking at them constantly.
In its plainest sense, to deave someone is to make them temporarily unable to hear because of a loud, sudden, or continuous noise, such as thunder or machinery. The word is also used more loosely for a person who talks so much, or so insistently, that listeners feel worn down or overwhelmed. Deave is mainly heard in Scots and northern English speech, and dictionaries sometimes list the related spelling deeve alongside it.
How DEAVE is used
Chiefly Scots and dialectal; rarely used outside Scottish and northern English speech.
- The thunder was loud enough to deave anyone standing nearby.
- Stop, that noise will deave me if it goes on much longer, he grumbled.
- The factory noise would deave a person after a full shift.
- She was deaved by the children's constant chatter.
- The old fiddler joked that his own playing could deave a crowd.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DEAVE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of DEAVE
The 5 tiles of DEAVE in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with DEAVE
2 longer words begin with DEAVE.
Shorter words from the letters in DEAVE
Common questions about DEAVE
- Is DEAVE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DEAVE, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DEAVE worth?
- DEAVE is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DEAVE mean?
- To deafen someone with noise, or to annoy someone by talking at them constantly.
- What letters can be added to DEAVE?
- DEAVE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of DEAVE:
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