DEVEL is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. DEVEL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept DEVEL?
| 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: 36 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DEVEL is to know. It scores 9 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DEVEL
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
develsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How DEVEL scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in DEVEL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 1 | 4 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| v | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 35,648.
What does DEVEL mean in Scrabble?
noun
dialect
God, in the traditional vocabulary of the Romani people and their English dialect.
Devel is the Romani word for God, carried into Anglo-Romani, the dialect spoken by Romani communities in Britain that blends Romani vocabulary with English grammar. It appears in older glossaries of Traveller speech and in exclamations or oaths, much as an English speaker might invoke heaven. The spelling varies between sources, with duvel and develo also recorded for the same word.
How DEVEL is used
Found chiefly in dialect glossaries of Anglo-Romani rather than in general English usage.
- Grandmother would call on devel before every long journey.
- The old song thanks devel for a safe crossing.
- He swore by devel that the tale was true.
- Glossaries of Traveller speech list devel alongside other borrowed Romani words.
- The blessing invoked devel to watch over the camp through the night.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DEVEL and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of DEVEL
The 5 tiles of DEVEL in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with DEVEL
20 longer words begin with DEVEL.
Words with DEVEL inside
Showing 24 of 44 words that contain DEVEL somewhere in the middle. Words that start with DEVEL are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in DEVEL
Common questions about DEVEL
- Is DEVEL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DEVEL, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DEVEL worth?
- DEVEL is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DEVEL mean?
- God, in the traditional vocabulary of the Romani people and their English dialect.
- What letters can be added to DEVEL?
- DEVEL takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of DEVEL:
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