DEIFY is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. DEIFY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept DEIFY?
| 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
Our own measure of how useful DEIFY is to know. It scores 12 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DEIFY
No single letter turns DEIFY into another word.
How DEIFY scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in DEIFY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| f | 1 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 43,569.
What does DEIFY mean in Scrabble?
verb
To make a god of someone or something, or to treat them with the reverence due to a god.
To deify a person or thing is to elevate it above ordinary human or material status and worship or admire it as divine. Ancient rulers were sometimes formally deified after death, given temples and rites as though they were gods themselves. The word is also used more loosely today for excessive admiration, as when fans deify a celebrity or athlete far beyond reasonable praise. The related noun deification describes the act or process itself, whether religious or figurative.
How DEIFY is used
Used both literally in religious and historical contexts and figuratively for excessive admiration of a person.
- The Roman senate voted to deify the emperor after his death.
- Fans tend to deify musicians they have never actually met.
- Ancient myths deify the sun and moon as powerful beings.
- The biography criticises historians who deify the general's every decision.
- It is easy to deify a leader while ignoring their faults.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DEIFY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of DEIFY
The 5 tiles of DEIFY in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with DEIFY
1 longer words begin with DEIFY.
Words ending in DEIFY
2 words end in DEIFY. Useful as a back hook: play DEIFY onto a word already on the board.
Words with DEIFY inside
2 words contain DEIFY in the middle. Words that start with DEIFY are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in DEIFY
Common questions about DEIFY
- Is DEIFY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DEIFY, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DEIFY worth?
- DEIFY is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DEIFY mean?
- To make a god of someone or something, or to treat them with the reverence due to a god.
- What letters can be added to DEIFY?
- No single letter can be added to DEIFY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of DEIFY:
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