DEVELOP is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. DEVELOP is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept DEVELOP?
| 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: 58 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DEVELOP is to know. It scores 13 from 7 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DEVELOP
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How DEVELOP scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in DEVELOP, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 1 | 4 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| v | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 473,709.
What does DEVELOP mean in Scrabble?
verb
To grow or cause to grow into a more advanced, mature or elaborate state.
Develop covers a wide range of uses, from a child growing up to a company creating a new product or a builder turning empty land into housing. In photography it also means to bring out an image on film by chemical treatment.
How DEVELOP is used
Develop is a very common verb in general, business and technical English.
- Engineers plan to develop a lighter battery.
- Symptoms can develop slowly over several weeks.
- The council wants to develop the old docks into apartments.
- She went to the darkroom to develop the film.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DEVELOP and 4 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with DEVELOP
14 longer words begin with DEVELOP.
Shorter words from the letters in DEVELOP
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Common questions about DEVELOP
- Is DEVELOP valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DEVELOP, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DEVELOP worth?
- DEVELOP is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DEVELOP mean?
- To grow or cause to grow into a more advanced, mature or elaborate state.
- What letters can be added to DEVELOP?
- DEVELOP takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of DEVELOP:
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