Is DECADE valid in Words with Friends?

Yes. Words with Friends accepts DECADE, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.

How many points is DECADE worth?

DECADE is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.

What letters can be added to DECADE?

DECADE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.

DECADE is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points

Yes. DECADE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.

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PlayableDECADE · 6 letters · 10 pts Scrabble · 11 pts WWF

10points in Scrabble

11points in Words with Friends

6letters

1hook available

1 in 167,235odds of drawing this rack

Which word lists accept DECADE?

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: 36 / 100

36WORD POWER

Points per tile 35%

1.67

Hooks 25%

Bingo potential 20%

Tile availability 20%

7.17%

Our own measure of how useful DECADE is to know. It scores 10 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 7.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated

Hooks for DECADE

Front hooks — 0

None.

Back hooks — 1

decades11

Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.

How DECADE scores

Scrabble d2e1c3a1d2e1 10

Words with Friends d2e1c4a1d2e1 11

Face value of the 6 tiles in DECADE, before any board multiplier.

Tiles you need

Letter	Needed	In the bag
d	2	4
e	2	12
c	1	2
a	1	9

Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 167,235.

What does DECADE mean in Scrabble?

noun

A span of ten years, especially one counted from a year ending in zero.

People talk about the decade of the sixties or the last decade without much care for exact dates. The word is from the Greek for a group of ten. In the rosary it also names a set of ten Hail Marys, and in older usage it could mean any group of ten.

How DECADE is used

Common in history and journalism; the rosary sense is religious.

Prices rose slowly over the decade.
It was the hottest decade on record.
She has lived abroad for more than a decade.
Each decade of the century brought new inventions.
He prayed a decade of the rosary before bed.

Written for this site: 1 meaning of DECADE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.

Words starting with DECADE

decades11 decadent12 decadence15 decadency18 decadents13 decadelong15 decadences16 decadently17 decadencies17

9 longer words begin with DECADE.

Shorter words from the letters in DECADE

ceded9 decad9 cadee8 aced7 cade7 cede7 dace7 ecad7 dead6 deed6 cad6 ace5 add5 cee5 dad5 dae4 dee4 ad3 da3 de3 ed3 ae2 ea2 ee2

Common questions about DECADE

Is DECADE valid in Words with Friends?: Yes. Words with Friends accepts DECADE, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
How many points is DECADE worth?: DECADE is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
What does DECADE mean?: A span of ten years, especially one counted from a year ending in zero.
What letters can be added to DECADE?: DECADE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.

Every word you can build from the 6 letters of DECADE:

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