DECO is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. DECO is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 8 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept DECO?
| 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: 41 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DECO is to know. It scores 7 from 4 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 6.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DECO
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How DECO scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in DECO, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 5,106.
What stands out about DECO
- The same 4 tiles also spell 3 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 DECO mean in Scrabble?
noun
The bold geometric style of design of the 1920s and 1930s.
Deco takes its name from a Paris exhibition of 1925 whose full title nobody uses, and it names what came after art nouveau: straight lines, stepped shapes, chrome and black. Cinemas, radios and ocean liners carried it furthest, and a deco building is usually recognised from across the street before a single detail is visible.
How DECO is used
Uncountable and attributive — a deco lamp, pure deco. Often written art deco in full.
- The cinema is deco down to the door handles.
- A deco lamp sold for more than the rest of the room.
- Deco reached the suburbs about ten years late.
- The building is deco and the extension is not.
- She collects deco radios and cannot stop.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DECO and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of DECO
The 4 tiles of DECO in a different order — 3 found.
Words starting with DECO
Showing 24 of 243 words that begin with DECO.
Words ending in DECO
1 words end in DECO. Useful as a back hook: play DECO onto a word already on the board.
Words with DECO inside
Showing 24 of 26 words that contain DECO somewhere in the middle. Words that start with DECO are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in DECO
Common questions about DECO
- Is DECO valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DECO, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DECO worth?
- DECO is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DECO mean?
- The bold geometric style of design of the 1920s and 1930s.
- What letters can be added to DECO?
- DECO takes 3 hooks: 0 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of DECO:
Open DECO in the Word Finder