DEL is a valid Scrabble word — 4 points
Yes. DEL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 4 points in Scrabble and 5 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept DEL?
| 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: 50 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DEL is to know. It scores 4 from 3 tiles, takes 7 hooks, and its letters make up 6.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DEL
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How DEL scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in DEL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 842.
What stands out about DEL
- The same 3 tiles also spell 2 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 DEL mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
The mathematical operator written as an inverted triangle.
Del is the symbol used for gradient, divergence and curl, and it goes by a second name, nabla, after a Hebrew harp of the same shape. Mathematicians disagree about what to call it and not at all about what it does.
How DEL is used
Countable. Chiefly in mathematics and physics.
- The del operator appears three times in one equation.
- The word del names the symbol and not the operation.
- Some textbooks write del and others write nabla.
- A del applied to a scalar gives a vector.
- The shape of del was borrowed from a harp.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DEL and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of DEL
The 3 tiles of DEL in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with DEL
Showing 24 of 352 words that begin with DEL.
Words ending in DEL
Showing 24 of 29 words that end in DEL. Useful as a back hook: play DEL onto a word already on the board.
Words with DEL inside
Showing 24 of 349 words that contain DEL somewhere in the middle. Words that start with DEL are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in DEL
Common questions about DEL
- Is DEL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DEL, where it scores 5 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DEL worth?
- DEL is worth 4 points in Scrabble and 5 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DEL mean?
- The mathematical operator written as an inverted triangle.
- What letters can be added to DEL?
- DEL takes 7 hooks: 0 in front and 7 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of DEL:
Open DEL in the Word Finder