DENUDE is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. DENUDE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept DENUDE?
| 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: 39 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DENUDE is to know. It scores 8 from 6 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 7.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DENUDE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How DENUDE scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in DENUDE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 2 | 4 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 125,426.
What stands out about DENUDE
- The same 6 tiles also spell 3 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 DENUDE mean in Scrabble?
verb
To strip something of its covering, leaving it bare.
Denude can describe a landscape stripped by erosion, a hillside stripped of trees, or a person stripped of possessions or protection, always with the sense that whatever normally covers or shelters has been removed. The word denude is closely related to naked and nude, all of them going back to the same Latin root for bareness. Geologists use denude in a technical sense for the slow wearing away of rock and soil by wind, rain, and ice.
How DENUDE is used
Fairly formal; met in writing about landscapes, finances, or anything left bare of its usual covering.
- Years of grazing had denuded the hillside of grass.
- The scandal seemed to denude him of all credibility.
- Wind and rain slowly denude exposed rock over centuries.
- Loggers denuded the valley within a single decade.
- The company was denuded of assets before the sale.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DENUDE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of DENUDE
The 6 tiles of DENUDE in a different order — 3 found.
Words starting with DENUDE
6 longer words begin with DENUDE.
Shorter words from the letters in DENUDE
Common questions about DENUDE
- Is DENUDE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DENUDE, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DENUDE worth?
- DENUDE is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DENUDE mean?
- To strip something of its covering, leaving it bare.
- What letters can be added to DENUDE?
- DENUDE takes 3 hooks: 0 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of DENUDE:
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