DEUS is valid in Collins, not in North America — 5 points
It depends on the list you play by. DEUS is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 5 points. Words with Friends does accept it.
Which word lists accept DEUS?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 26 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DEUS is to know. It scores 5 from 4 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DEUS
No single letter turns DEUS into another word.
How DEUS scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in DEUS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 5,106.
What stands out about DEUS
- The same 4 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 DEUS mean in Scrabble?
noun
literaryhistorical
A god, from the Latin word for a divine being.
Deus is the Latin word for god, and it survives in English mainly inside borrowed phrases such as deus ex machina, where a god or god-like force resolves a story's problems. Used on its own, deus signals a Latin or classical context rather than ordinary English speech.
How DEUS is used
Literary and historical; rarely used alone outside Latin phrases or scholarly writing.
- The inscription named the local deus of the spring.
- Scholars debated which deus the temple had honoured.
- The old manuscript called on a single deus for protection.
- He translated the Latin phrase mentioning a deus of the sea.
- The play's ending felt like the arrival of a deus to fix everything.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DEUS and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of DEUS
The 4 tiles of DEUS in a different order — 3 found.
Words ending in DEUS
2 words end in DEUS. Useful as a back hook: play DEUS onto a word already on the board.
Words with DEUS inside
2 words contain DEUS in the middle. Words that start with DEUS are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in DEUS
Common questions about DEUS
- Is DEUS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DEUS, where it scores 6 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DEUS worth?
- DEUS is worth 5 points in Scrabble and 6 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DEUS mean?
- A god, from the Latin word for a divine being.
- What letters can be added to DEUS?
- No single letter can be added to DEUS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of DEUS:
Open DEUS in the Word Finder