DEME is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. DEME 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 DEME?
| 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: 37 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DEME is to know. It scores 7 from 4 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 7.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DEME
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
demesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How DEME scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in DEME, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 1 | 4 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 7,427.
What stands out about DEME
- The same 4 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 DEME mean in Scrabble?
noun
A local administrative district of ancient Athens, or, in biology, a local population of closely related organisms.
In ancient Attica, each deme functioned as a small self-governing community responsible for local records and civic duties. Biologists later borrowed the term, using deme to describe a group of organisms within a species that interbreed more with each other than with outsiders.
How DEME is used
Mostly encountered in classical history or in technical biological writing.
- Ancient Athens was divided into more than a hundred small demes.
- Each deme kept its own register of citizens.
- Biologists study how genes spread within an isolated deme.
- The demes of Attica varied greatly in size and population.
- Researchers compared allele frequencies across several demes of the same species.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DEME and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of DEME
The 4 tiles of DEME in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with DEME
Showing 24 of 63 words that begin with DEME.
Words ending in DEME
2 words end in DEME. Useful as a back hook: play DEME onto a word already on the board.
Words with DEME inside
Showing 24 of 37 words that contain DEME somewhere in the middle. Words that start with DEME are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in DEME
Common questions about DEME
- Is DEME valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DEME, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DEME worth?
- DEME is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DEME mean?
- A local administrative district of ancient Athens, or, in biology, a local population of closely related organisms.
- What letters can be added to DEME?
- DEME takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of DEME:
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