DEV is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. DEV 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 DEV?
| 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: 48 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DEV is to know. It scores 7 from 3 tiles, takes 4 hooks, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DEV
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How DEV scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in DEV, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| v | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,684.
What does DEV mean in Scrabble?
noun
informal
A software developer.
Dev is what the trade calls itself, and the clipping has spread into job titles that would once have been written out in full. It also names a stage rather than a person — code sitting in dev has not reached anybody yet — and the two senses live side by side without ever being confused.
How DEV is used
Countable for a person: a dev, two devs. Uncountable for the environment — it is on dev.
- Two devs and a designer built the whole thing.
- The change is on dev and nowhere else yet.
- He has been a dev for twenty years and a manager for none.
- Ask a dev before you promise a date.
- The bug never left dev, which is the only good news.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DEV and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with DEV
Showing 24 of 250 words that begin with DEV.
Words with DEV inside
Showing 24 of 95 words that contain DEV somewhere in the middle. Words that start with DEV are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in DEV
Common questions about DEV
- Is DEV valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DEV, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DEV worth?
- DEV is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DEV mean?
- A software developer.
- What letters can be added to DEV?
- DEV takes 4 hooks: 0 in front and 4 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of DEV:
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