DEEDY is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. DEEDY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept DEEDY?
| 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: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DEEDY is to know. It scores 10 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DEEDY
No single letter turns DEEDY into another word.
How DEEDY scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in DEEDY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 2 | 4 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 95,060.
What does DEEDY mean in Scrabble?
adjective
archaicregional
Industrious and diligent, busy with useful activity or deeds.
Deedy was once common in rural New England speech to praise someone who worked steadily and got a great deal done without fuss. The word derives from deed in the older sense of an action or piece of work, so a deedy person is, quite literally, full of deeds.
How DEEDY is used
Chiefly historical and regional, once heard in rural American speech and now mainly found in dialect dictionaries.
- Her deedy grandmother rose before dawn to tend the whole farm.
- Neighbors called him a deedy sort of man, always fixing something.
- The old diary praised a deedy housewife who never sat idle.
- He remained deedy well into his eighties, chopping his own firewood.
- A deedy child finished every chore before anyone had to ask twice.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DEEDY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words ending in DEEDY
1 words end in DEEDY. Useful as a back hook: play DEEDY onto a word already on the board.
Shorter words from the letters in DEEDY
Common questions about DEEDY
- Is DEEDY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DEEDY, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DEEDY worth?
- DEEDY is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DEEDY mean?
- Industrious and diligent, busy with useful activity or deeds.
- What letters can be added to DEEDY?
- No single letter can be added to DEEDY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of DEEDY:
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