Is DEICIDE valid in Words with Friends?

Yes. Words with Friends accepts DEICIDE, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.

How many points is DEICIDE worth?

DEICIDE is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.

What letters can be added to DEICIDE?

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

DEICIDE is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points

Yes. DEICIDE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.

d2e1i1c3i1d2e1

PlayableDEICIDE · 7 letters · 11 pts Scrabble · 12 pts WWF

11points in Scrabble

12points in Words with Friends

7letters

1hook available

1 in 561,432odds of drawing this rack

Which word lists accept DEICIDE?

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: 55 / 100

55WORD POWER

Points per tile 35%

1.57

Hooks 25%

Bingo potential 20%

full rack

Tile availability 20%

7.43%

Our own measure of how useful DEICIDE is to know. It scores 11 from 7 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 7.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated

Hooks for DEICIDE

Front hooks — 0

None.

Back hooks — 1

deicides12

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

How DEICIDE scores

Scrabble d2e1i1c3i1d2e1 11

Words with Friends d2e1i1c4i1d2e1 12

Face value of the 7 tiles in DEICIDE, before any board multiplier.

Tiles you need

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

Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 561,432.

What does DEICIDE mean in Scrabble?

noun

rare

The killing of a god, or a person who kills a god.

Deicide turns up in religious history, mythology and theology, where it names the act itself rather than the killer. The related word regicide, for killing a king, follows the same pattern. Because the idea is so grave, deicide is mostly found in scholarly or literary writing.

How DEICIDE is used

A learned word, found in writing about religion, myth and literature.

The poem treats deicide as the greatest of all crimes.
Some old texts accuse a whole people of deicide.
In the myth, deicide follows a long war among the gods.

Written for this site: 1 meaning of DEICIDE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.

Words starting with DEICIDE

deicides12

1 longer words begin with DEICIDE.

Shorter words from the letters in DEICIDE

decide10 deiced10 ceded9 cided9 diced9 deice8 didie7 cede7 cedi7 cide7 dice7 iced7 deed6 deid6 didi6 died6 eide5 idee5 cid6 cee5 did5 ice5 dee4 dei4 die4 ide4 de3 di3 ed3 id3 ee2

Common questions about DEICIDE

Is DEICIDE valid in Words with Friends?: Yes. Words with Friends accepts DEICIDE, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
How many points is DEICIDE worth?: DEICIDE is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
What does DEICIDE mean?: The killing of a god, or a person who kills a god.
What letters can be added to DEICIDE?: DEICIDE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.

Every word you can build from the 7 letters of DEICIDE:

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