DEPOSE is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. DEPOSE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept DEPOSE?
| 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: 40 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DEPOSE is to know. It scores 9 from 6 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 7.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DEPOSE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How DEPOSE scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in DEPOSE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 1 | 4 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 70,552.
What stands out about DEPOSE
- The same 6 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 DEPOSE mean in Scrabble?
verb
To remove a ruler or official from power, or to give sworn testimony in writing.
Revolutions and palace coups depose kings, and the word suggests a ruler thrown out by force or by a decree. Lawyers use it in a second sense for taking a sworn statement from a witness before a trial, which is called a deposition. Both meanings go back to the Latin for to put down: one puts a person down from a throne, the other puts words down on the record.
How DEPOSE is used
Common in history and politics; the testimony sense belongs to law courts.
- The army moved quickly to depose the president.
- Rebel nobles planned to depose the young king.
- The lawyer asked the engineer to depose in the spring.
- It took the council a week to depose the corrupt mayor.
- Nobody expected the board to depose its founder.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DEPOSE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of DEPOSE
The 6 tiles of DEPOSE in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with DEPOSE
4 longer words begin with DEPOSE.
Shorter words from the letters in DEPOSE
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Common questions about DEPOSE
- Is DEPOSE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DEPOSE, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DEPOSE worth?
- DEPOSE is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DEPOSE mean?
- To remove a ruler or official from power, or to give sworn testimony in writing.
- What letters can be added to DEPOSE?
- DEPOSE takes 3 hooks: 0 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of DEPOSE:
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